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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7 day 48 hour

	Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sun
	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	7	5	5	4	5	9	9	9	9	9	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	16	16	14	13	14	13	18	16	13	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2310	2873	1771	1848	1027	806	787	1684	5827	3978	2358	1510	3716	2600	14262	14264	10266	7896	4630	3677	2975	2843
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 1.60		5:40AM 1.54	6:09PM 1.61		5:58AM 1.37	6:26PM 1.51		6:59AM 1.39	7:31PM 1.53		7:44AM 1.43		8:23PM 1.45	8:49AM 1.36		9:20PM 1.54	10:08AM 1.32		10:38PM 1.51	11:31AM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 0.12		11:18PM 0.22	11:51AM 0.10		12:18AM 0.24	12:04PM 0.19		12:49AM 0.48	1:06PM 0.22		1:43AM 0.53	1:46PM 0.56		2:49AM 0.43		2:52PM 0.64	4:04AM 0.61		4:13PM 0.69		5:14AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	20	14	15	14	13	14	15	14	16	15	14	14	19	16	13	15	13	11	13	16	22
Low °C	12	16	12	14	14	12	13	15	12	13	15	12	13	18	13	13	14	12	10	12	16	16
Chill °C (?)	13	20	14	15	13	12	13	14	14	16	14	12	12	19	15	11	13	13	10	12	15	22
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:20
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	1.2 E	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	9	12	12	11	11	14	13	16	16	14	13	14	13	10	11	11	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	1.0 E	-	0.1 E	-	0.7 E	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	18	15	22	20	-	11	-	12	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.0 SW	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNW	-	-	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	18	16	13	-	-	-	-	4

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	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 Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg
Rating	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	14
Energy(?)	5046	5069	3112	3459	3010	2570	1834	1617	1617	2702	2212	1610	1396	2113	2039	966	932	806	894	1664	1799	1748
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	high	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)			4:40AM 1.43	5:04AM 1.57				5:08PM 1.52				5:22AM 1.61				5:48PM 1.72				6:04AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	10:39PM 0.24	11:01PM 0.22				11:17AM 0.09				11:39PM 0.22				11:51AM 0.10				12:02AM 0.45				12:04PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	11	11	13	21	20	13	12	13	14	13	12	13	17	15	13	12	13	12	12	13	16
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	12	21	20	11	10	13	13	12	11	12	17	14	12	11	12	11	11	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 E	-	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	-	0.1 W	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	11	-	7	8	9	-	-	16	10	10	18	18	9	9	16	16	15	15	22	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	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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