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

	Fri	Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	8	4	4	4	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	5	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 ENE	0.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SW	3.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	1.4 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	9	7	18	16	15	13	13	13	13	15	16	14	17	16	13	8	8	9
Energy(?)	2366	7438	2986	1905	898	298	189	2184	1663	4539	3072	7260	14388	9957	11256	5668	2058	1510	1871	1867	1187	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:54AM 2.00		4:16PM 1.87	4:31AM 1.99		4:51PM 2.01		5:11AM 1.72	5:36PM 1.54		5:36AM 1.46	6:21PM 1.41		6:40AM 1.38	7:18PM 1.27		7:46AM 1.25		8:46PM 1.16	9:02AM 1.31		10:49PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40PM -0.00	10:14AM 0.11		10:17PM 0.02	10:27AM -0.03		10:57PM 0.07	11:27AM 0.08		11:39PM 0.19	11:56AM 0.19		12:26AM 0.34	12:59PM 0.37		1:33AM 0.55		2:14PM 0.59	3:12AM 0.63		4:12PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	1	-	5	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	17	23	29	20	17	19	16	16	21	16	15	17	15	19	20	18	23	25	21
Low °C	14	15	18	15	16	28	14	14	18	14	15	17	14	15	17	12	19	19	15	15	22	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	20	17	23	29	20	16	18	16	16	21	15	13	16	13	19	20	17	23	25	21
Sunrise	-	6:43	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	4.5 SW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SW	3.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 E	1.2 SSW	1.4 E
Period (s)	18	11	11	11	9	11	18	16	15	13	13	-	13	15	16	14	17	16	13	8	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	1.1 SE	-	1.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	7	16	8	14	12	14	8	9	9	10	19	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	-	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	0.4 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	5.0 WSW	0.5 WNW	3.5 SW	-	-	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	1.8 SE	1.3 SE	-	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.5 ENE	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	9	-	7	12	3	12	-	-	13	13	-	-	6	7	-	8	8	8	-

	Friday 17			Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Inner Pool Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	6	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	2.5 NE	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.9 NE	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	8	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	11	10	10	10	9	12	11	12	8	12	12
Energy(?)	1223	1068	3684	3006	3296	5877	7448	6252	2956	2701	1029	1905	1277	1139	1014	607	1099	4599	1576	645	6777	8949
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:40PM 1.80				3:29AM 1.80				4:18PM 1.68				4:33AM 1.83				4:55PM 1.70					5:10AM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)			9:40PM 0.01				10:12AM -0.07				9:57PM 0.05				10:49AM -0.02				10:57PM 0.07	11:03PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	27	15	14	16	15	19	20	18	17	15	15	15	16	24	23	23	20	18	28	13	15
Chill °C (?)	17	27	14	13	16	13	19	20	18	17	13	14	14	15	24	23	23	20	18	28	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54
Sunset	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:59	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 ENE	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 SW	1.4 ENE	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	8	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	11	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.2 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.7 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	18	17	15	15	16	15	8	8	10	14	13	13	13	9	8	18	8	10	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.5 NE	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	0.3 N	-	-	-	3.5 WSW	-	1.9 NE	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW
Period (s)	4	8	11	11	-	12	11	11	-	-	9	9	3	3	-	-	-	11	-	8	12	12

	Friday 17									Saturday 18
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Inner Pool Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	6	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	5	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SW	1.5 ENE	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	1.1 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	18	17	17	17	11	11	10	11	8	12	12
Energy(?)	1242	206	989	1207	2211	1924	1139	2429	2357	2244	1423	234	227	217	202	2242	2981	4112	3068	160	1897	2277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:46PM 2.04												3:56AM 1.87
Low Tide / height (m)								9:42PM -0.01													10:07AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	28	18	17	16	14	18	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	25	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	28	18	16	15	13	17	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	16	25	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	0.2 S	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.9 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.1 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	8	12	12	12	11	12	7	7	7	11	18	17	17	17	11	11	10	11	8	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.1 SE	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	5	8	8	18	18	8	18	18	18	15	7	7	7	8	16	16	15	16	13	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.5 ENE	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 NNW	-	0.8 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 NNW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	0.8 S	-	-
Period (s)	4	7	4	4	6	-	5	12	12	11	4	11	10	10	10	10	11	10	-	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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