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

	Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tue
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 S	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 E	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	16	16	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	11	10	16	6	14
Energy(?)	2118	1521	1769	1234	1132	859	1034	1214	1072	1421	1324	1289	1049	1413	1117	1592	583	445	171	532	376	1320
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:12PM 1.26		6:21AM 1.26	6:44PM 1.14		6:51AM 1.36	7:17PM 1.23		7:40AM 1.20		9:48PM 1.01	10:47AM 1.21		11:40PM 1.09	12:35PM 1.22		12:28AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	12:06PM 0.37		12:13AM 0.43	12:38PM 0.48		12:44AM 0.61	1:10PM 0.67		1:26AM 0.79		2:37PM 0.76	4:19AM 0.85		5:18PM 0.60		6:34AM 0.66				6:54PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	21	28	26	22	26	26	23	32	20	19	20	20	18	21	22	20	21	27	21	27
Low °C	22	23	19	22	24	21	21	26	22	24	20	18	19	19	17	17	22	19	18	26	20	26
Chill °C (?)	22	23	21	28	26	22	26	26	23	32	20	19	20	20	17	21	22	20	21	27	21	27
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:29	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SSW	0.4 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	1.6 SW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	10	16	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.5 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 ENE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	1.6 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	13	12	17	16	16	10	10	9	15	14	14	13	8	12	12	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.4 SE	1.6 SE	2.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.8 SE	1.3 SE	1.8 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	5	7	8	7	7	6	6	-

	Mon	Tuesday 07								Wednesday 08								Thursday 09
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Noordhoek Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	7	6	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	15	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	6793	5763	6635	5223	5029	3035	1521	1502	1535	1354	1904	1934	1334	1241	1082	1064	1156	1031	1091	1030	1034	1130
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:54AM 1.39				6:09PM 1.55				6:20AM 1.39				6:46PM 1.21				7:01AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		11:44PM 0.35				11:53AM 0.39				12:14AM 0.45				12:31PM 0.52				12:52AM 0.86				1:27PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	21	17	19	20	23	22	22	21	20	21	25	28	24	24	20	21	19	20	26	28
Chill °C (?)	16	16	21	17	19	20	23	22	22	21	20	21	25	28	24	24	20	21	19	20	26	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	15	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.6 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	17	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	17	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	15	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Monday 06			Tuesday 07
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Noordhoek Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	7	6	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.2 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	16	14	14	13	16	16	16	16	15	15	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	7351	7058	3247	6903	6377	3506	1625	1756	1650	1649	2608	2602	3113	2569	2241	3365	2970	2366	2557	2314	2057	1946
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:55AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				11:46PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	22	17	17	16	21	21	22	22	21	21	15	18	20	21	19	21	20	22	24	22
Chill °C (?)	18	18	22	16	16	14	21	21	22	22	21	21	15	18	20	21	19	21	20	22	24	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.4 ESE	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.3 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 SSW	2.0 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	13	13	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 NE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 SE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	7	12	12	14	16	16	16	16	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.2 SSW	-	-	1.0 SE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	16	-	-	4	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	5	-	-

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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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