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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	Sun		Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Outer Pool Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	9	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 E	1.8 E	3.0 ENE	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	16	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	13	13	12	13	13
Energy(?)	628	549	2020	986	3005	1443	2081	1525	928	456	658	3044	1487	1801	744	881	1875	2699	3709	3621	4844	5405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:14PM 1.37	11:46AM 1.28		12:40AM 1.17	1:32PM 1.16		1:51AM 1.27		2:24PM 1.31	2:38AM 1.39		2:27PM 1.45	2:46AM 1.64		3:07PM 1.74	3:22AM 1.68		3:35PM 1.58	3:54AM 1.69		4:11PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	3:29PM 0.83		5:11AM 0.85	6:15PM 0.65		7:15AM 0.54	7:39PM 0.52		8:12AM 0.36		8:32PM 0.36	8:53AM 0.24		8:45PM 0.43	8:57AM 0.37		9:21PM 0.37	9:24AM 0.07		9:53PM 0.34	9:56AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	28	16	15	15	16	14	20	21	16	15	15	15	16	17	13	14	16	13	14	15
Low °C	19	16	19	16	14	14	16	13	14	18	15	14	14	14	12	17	12	14	14	12	11	14
Chill °C (?)	20	18	28	16	14	15	16	14	20	21	16	14	14	14	16	16	13	12	14	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:56	-
Sunset	5:37	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 E	0.5 SW	2.2 E	1.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.4 E	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.2 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.1 E	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	9	16	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	9	11	11	11	9	11	13	10	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 W	1.4 W	0.1 S	1.0 W	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	15	14	8	9	12	9	10	10	10	6	-	-	9	9	9	10	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 E	3.0 ENE	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	1.1 NW	3.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	11	-	-	-	10	-	5	13	-	-	-

	Sunday 17					Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.4 E	1.5 ESE	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	621	582	1526	644	1201	1338	1745	1344	2087	1039	2486	3034	4412	3005	3482	3678	3222	1223	1100	1674	1230	1364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	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
High Tide / height (m)	9:13AM 1.33				10:24PM 1.15					11:55AM 1.01				12:04AM 1.41				12:52PM 1.18				1:14AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			3:29PM 0.83					5:24AM 0.61				5:59PM 0.64				6:40AM 0.61				7:08PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	15	18	17	17	20	29	32	22	23	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	15	16	14
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	14	18	17	17	20	29	32	22	23	14	14	13	13	15	17	17	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	1.9 E	2.0 E	1.5 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	2.3 E	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.9 WSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SE	1.1 SW	1.4 W	1.5 W	-	0.5 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.8 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	15	12	14	11	14	14	13	18	9	9	-	10	12	12	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.4 E	0.7 ESE	2.0 E	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	3.0 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	5	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	9	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17	Monday 18
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 WSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	18	14	18
Energy(?)	600	613	646	697	725	713	706	612	664	801	649	562	266	390	390	419	420	153	124	463	179	446
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:13AM 1.33													10:26PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)								3:32PM 0.60														5:19AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	19	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	19	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	15
Sunrise	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	0.6 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 W	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.7 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 W
Period (s)	12	11	11	7	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	14	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NNE	0.9 NNE	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

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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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