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

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	Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09			Saturday 10			Sunday 11			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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	TTs West	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Quissico Inhambane
Rating	3	3	2	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	3	2	4	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	2.0 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	16	11	13	8	12	12	12	13	10	12	12	13	6	13	12	12	16	14
Energy(?)	510	581	254	689	390	1705	4816	745	1913	1625	1219	764	402	1559	1100	429	616	884	620	661	1291	369
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:09PM 1.62		5:35AM 1.82	5:45PM 1.67		5:56AM 1.52	6:23PM 1.43		6:52AM 1.63	6:51PM 1.20		7:31AM 1.51	7:39PM 1.26		8:14AM 1.28		8:28PM 1.12	9:00AM 1.15		9:46PM 1.07	10:22AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	11:06AM 0.13		11:00PM 0.07	11:46AM 0.20		11:56PM 0.12	12:13PM 0.24		12:15AM 0.23	1:06PM 0.40		12:53AM 0.34	1:47PM 0.51		1:34AM 0.45		2:37PM 0.49	2:26AM 0.59		3:41PM 0.63	3:32AM 0.73
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	4
High °C	23	23	21	24	25	22	21	25	19	24	20	25	24	23	22	22	24	27	18	30	23	27
Low °C	21	22	20	23	25	20	20	24	18	22	20	24	23	23	17	22	23	20	18	29	21	25
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	24	25	22	21	25	19	24	20	25	24	23	22	22	24	27	18	30	23	27
Sunrise	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	7:35	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:43	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 E	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	9	11	13	11	12	12	12	13	10	12	12	13	10	13	12	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.2 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 WNW	1.3 S	0.7 S	0.8 NNW	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 NE	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.5 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	15	15	16	10	10	9	13	10	10	6	6	13	13	10	12	8	8	18	16	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 ESE	-	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.9 SW	2.3 S	1.9 S	0.7 E	2.0 ESE	1.3 SSE	-	0.8 S	-	0.7 NE
Period (s)	-	4	-	5	4	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	5	7	8	8	6	7	-	6	-	5

	Monday 05							Tuesday 06								Wednesday 07
	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)	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	9	9	10	12	11	12	12	13	13	14
Energy(?)	600	635	532	491	548	503	605	627	729	636	258	545	1755	2686	1039	2531	1624	10951	3663	6992	4553	3827
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high-ebb	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:07PM 1.73				5:35AM 1.78				5:46PM 1.64				6:15AM 1.68				6:24PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			10:46AM 0.14	11:05AM 0.14			10:59PM 0.06	11:21PM 0.04				11:29AM 0.17				11:57PM 0.08				12:26PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	25	24	23	21	20	20	20	23	21	22	24	22	21	21	19	20	20	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	19	21	25	24	23	21	20	20	20	23	21	22	24	22	21	21	19	20	20	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	2.4 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	12	11	12	12	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.5 SW	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.4 WSW	0.8 E	1.1 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 NW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	10	14	10	10	10	15	10	15	10	7	15	11	10	11	9	10	10	14	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 NW	0.5 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	2	3	9	9	10	12	-	12	-	-	-	-

	Monday 05																					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)	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	The Wedge Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	6	4	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	8	11	11	12	11	11	10
Energy(?)	572	558	499	554	560	561	488	586	622	582	277	406	560	560	255	159	600	562	639	608	512	280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)															4:46PM 1.50	5:11PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)									10:45AM 0.12	11:05AM 0.14												11:22PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	17	18	20	21	22	22	23	24	23	23	25	25	22	24	22	20	21	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	17	18	20	21	22	22	23	24	23	23	25	25	22	24	22	20	21	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 E	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	8	11	11	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.0 ESE	0.7 S	0.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.8 ESE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.6 SW	0.7 ESE	0.4 SW	0.7 E	0.7 ESE	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	10	12	11	11	10	5	10	14	10	14	14	10	10	13	13	13	10	13	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	5	5	-	-	-	5	-	5	5	-	-	4	3	4	-	3	-	-	4

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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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