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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	Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Fri
	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)	Heaven West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Noordhoek Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	2	3	3	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 S	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	8	11	15	13	12	8	8	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	8	12
Energy(?)	713	807	1370	272	802	1741	993	1850	2100	1362	1329	577	1287	1026	722	511	411	447	286	334	859	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:27PM 1.46	3:48AM 1.54		3:53PM 1.66	4:20AM 1.57		4:27PM 1.52	4:55AM 1.48		4:37PM 1.42		5:30AM 1.58	5:34PM 1.70		6:04AM 1.58	6:09PM 1.55		6:21AM 1.37	6:36PM 1.28		7:21AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	9:14AM 0.33		9:38PM 0.22	9:50AM 0.27		10:09PM 0.19	10:21AM 0.29		10:42PM 0.16	10:54AM 0.29		10:49PM 0.21	11:30AM 0.30		11:48PM 0.19	12:06PM 0.34		12:23AM 0.23	12:32PM 0.38		12:38AM 0.34	1:37PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	3	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	18	24	24	21	19	24	21	23	25	22	27	26	23	26	21	21	20	23	18	21
Low °C	18	20	17	22	23	19	18	23	20	22	24	22	27	23	21	24	20	18	19	21	17	20
Chill °C (?)	20	21	16	24	24	20	19	24	21	23	25	22	27	26	23	26	21	21	20	23	17	21
Sunrise	5:11	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:16
Sunset	-	7:29	-	-	6:55	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 E	1.6 ESE	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.0 E	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	10	10	12	9	15	13	12	11	8	9	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.9 S	1.0 E	0.1 NW	1.3 S	0.7 S	1.1 SW	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E
Period (s)	10	11	10	11	9	16	9	10	11	10	10	7	11	11	10	10	7	12	13	12	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	2.5 SE	-	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.3 S	2.1 S	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	-	8	4	4	7	-	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	5	7	6	8	6

	Friday 19							Saturday 20								Sunday 21
	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)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Noordhoek Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 SW	1.4 S	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SE	1.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	10	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	17	17	16	16	15	14	7	11	11	8
Energy(?)	535	547	718	503	688	1179	1605	2117	2312	3031	2067	3013	1030	1024	2106	1930	1700	1093	1243	918	1239	1820
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	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)					3:21PM 1.63				3:50AM 1.44				4:01PM 1.61				4:24AM 1.57				4:03PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)			9:14AM 0.36				9:39PM 0.21				9:28AM 0.32				10:12PM 0.19				10:00AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	3	2	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	21	21	23	20	18	18	17	17	19	24	26	23	23	22	21	21	22	23	20	23	21
Chill °C (?)	16	21	21	23	20	18	18	17	17	19	24	26	23	23	22	21	21	22	23	20	23	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.2 SW	1.4 S	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 S	2.0 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	17	17	16	16	15	14	12	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.1 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.6 S
Period (s)	9	9	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	9	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SE	-	1.3 S	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	14	4	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	9	8

	Friday 19																					Sat
	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)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Blythedale KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Noordhoek Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	13
Energy(?)	481	595	702	646	715	810	775	876	904	942	616	649	553	673	605	591	659	643	720	913	998	1433
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	glass	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														3:29PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)								9:14AM 0.33												9:14PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	16	17	17	18	20	20	20	21	21	22	25	24	24	23	22	22	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	17	17	18	20	20	20	21	21	22	25	24	24	23	22	22	17	15	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.0 E	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	17	13	16	16	8	8	12	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 NE	-	1.3 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.4 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 ENE	1.6 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	7	7	-

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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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