South Africa Surf Map – Wind and Wave forecasts

South Africa wave (swell) map for surfers, windsurfers and sailors showing open ocean wave size, wave period and wave energy. You can customize the wave and wind maps with overlays for wind arrows, pressure and general weather for surfing. There are also options to display live wind observations from ships, wave buoys and weather stations on the wave maps in the South Africa region.

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South Africa Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Mon
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Danger Reef Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	The Wedge Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	7	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	3043	6877	5979	7175	3579	2374	3313	1442	1595	1372	978	1224	991	288	1289	1833	2264	1844	1209	642	899	290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:05PM 1.87	2:58AM 1.61		3:11PM 1.78	3:58AM 1.86		4:07PM 2.34	4:30AM 2.09		4:52PM 1.83	4:56AM 1.50	5:12AM 1.68	5:24PM 2.04		5:52AM 1.48	6:11PM 1.49		6:33AM 1.24	7:03PM 1.33		7:37AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	8:51AM -0.00		8:52PM -0.08	9:00AM -0.01		9:53PM -0.13	10:04AM -0.11		10:24PM -0.11	10:32AM 0.02		10:48PM -0.01	11:14AM 0.11		11:45PM 0.14	11:55AM 0.25		12:27AM 0.31	12:41PM 0.42		1:20AM 0.49	1:48PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	15	18	19	15	21	17	15	23	20	22	23	23	19	19	18	17	22	20	17	18
Low °C	15	17	13	15	17	14	17	17	14	16	19	18	21	22	18	18	18	16	17	20	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	18	18	14	21	16	14	23	20	22	23	23	19	19	17	16	22	19	15	18
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	6:39	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	0.4 E	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.3 E	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 S	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	12	10	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	10	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	1.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	1.5 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.9 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	-	10	10	-	12	11	20	-	-	-	-	8	14	8	8	18	18	7	7	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 ESE	1.4 S	-	1.7 ENE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	4	13	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	7	3	-	-	-	-	4	3	7

	Monday 06							Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	7	4	5	7	9	5	5	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1043	1745	3043	3592	3811	14767	9006	9150	7811	6656	8418	1565	6332	6703	8404	4048	4102	3795	1348	2098	2525	4382
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:34PM 1.73				3:17AM 2.13				3:37PM 2.01				4:00AM 1.73				4:15PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23AM 0.04				9:25PM -0.06				9:25AM -0.07				9:55PM -0.12				9:37AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	16	16	16	16	17	14	13	14	20	15	17	15	14	14	14	17	14	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	15	15	15	16	12	12	13	20	13	16	13	13	13	13	16	13	18	16	15
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 E	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	11	12	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.1 NW	-	-	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.2 E	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	13	10	13	-	-	10	9	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	9	11	11	-	11	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WNW	0.8 W	-	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 WNW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	-	13	14	13	12	12	12	3	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	12	12

	Monday 06																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	9	9	9	8	7	7	4	5	7	9	5	5	5	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.2 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	12	12	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	918	1043	2073	2264	2513	2878	417	4999	4948	5466	6997	3592	7475	6845	10284	10025	9749	9244	3425	6142	7439	14741
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							8:57AM -0.01												8:53PM -0.08	9:18PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	18	19	18	16	16	21	16	17	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	13	13	18	19	17	14	14	21	14	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.0 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	3.5 SW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	11	9	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.9 SW	-	-	0.1 W	0.5 E	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	13	-	-	13	10	10	10	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	1.3 WNW	-	1.2 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	0.8 W	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	5.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	-	10	12	12	12	13	4	13	13	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	13

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Madagascar	Mozambique	Reunion
Mauritius	Namibia	Seychelles

Cape Town	KwaZulu Natal North Coast	South Africa
Durban KwaZulu Natal	Madagascar West	Swakopmund Namibia
Eastern Cape South	Mozambique	West Coast South Africa
Garden Route	Namibia	Wild Coast
Inhambane	Overberg

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