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)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	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	Kleinmond Overberg	Keurbooms Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	5	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 ENE	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	7	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	7
Energy(?)	3043	6547	5603	6694	3640	1499	6034	1332	1388	1214	1172	1055	892	329	1356	1823	1750	1651	1222	1433	681	114
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- 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 1.72	5:24PM 2.04		5:52AM 1.48	6:11PM 1.49		6:34AM 1.24	7:03PM 1.33		7:43AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)	8:51AM -0.00		8:52PM -0.08	9:00AM -0.01		9:53PM -0.13	10:00AM -0.07		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	1:58PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	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	26	22	23	23	19	19	18	17	23	23	17	18
Low °C	15	17	13	15	17	13	17	17	14	16	26	18	21	22	18	18	18	16	17	22	17	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	18	18	15	21	16	14	23	26	22	23	23	19	19	17	16	23	23	15	18
Sunrise	6:16	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:48	-	-	6:13	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:48
Sunset	-	6:39	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	0.4 E	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 E	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	0.4 S	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	12	10	13	12	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	9	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	13	-	10	10	-	-	11	20	18	-	-	-	7	13	8	7	18	18	12	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WNW	4.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	1.2 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	-	1.7 ENE	0.5 WNW	-	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	4	13	-	12	12	-	12	-	5	-	6	7	-	7	3	-	5	5	4	7	7	12

	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	7	8	9	8	7	7	4	6	7	5	5	5	7	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1093	1746	3043	3798	3811	6361	7138	9524	7521	6693	8341	1659	5542	6177	3544	3268	3268	6961	1236	1827	2327	1956
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	cross- 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 2.06				4:00AM 1.73				4:15PM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)			8:23AM 0.04				9:20PM -0.08				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	15	14	13	14	20	15	17	15	14	14	14	17	16	18	17	15
Chill °C (?)	14	16	15	15	15	15	14	12	12	13	20	13	16	13	13	13	13	16	16	18	16	14
Sunrise	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	0.3 E	3.0 SW
Period (s)	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	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	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	13	10	13	13	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	9	9	9	11	-	11	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 WNW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	3	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	7	8	9	8	7	7	4	6	7	5	5	5	7	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	918	1043	2483	2541	2646	2646	1746	5098	5047	5548	6081	3798	6850	6548	10284	9766	9261	8753	3405	5839	7107	13860
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)							8:51AM -0.00												8:52PM -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	14
Chill °C (?)	15	15	13	13	13	18	19	17	14	14	21	14	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	15	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	3.5 SW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	11	11	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	0.7 E	0.5 E	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	10	13	-	-	13	10	10	10	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	5.0 SW
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	12	12	12	12	-	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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