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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	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	8	8	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 NE	1.7 SW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	6	10	9	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	16	15	13	15
Energy(?)	2989	2104	1551	236	612	1279	1388	2044	1500	2278	5793	5592	4595	3806	2016	1918	1625	3624	6041	4123	1956	1723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		4:44PM 1.54		5:03AM 1.75	5:09PM 1.57		5:18AM 1.23	5:37PM 1.44		6:03AM 1.24	6:11PM 1.24		6:35AM 1.37	7:00PM 1.20		8:13AM 1.13		8:37PM 1.03	9:57AM 1.07		10:56PM 1.06	11:08AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	10:33AM 0.26		10:55PM 0.20	11:06AM 0.24		11:22PM 0.29	11:16AM 0.43		11:52PM 0.42	12:02PM 0.51		12:24AM 0.72	12:41PM 0.65		1:37AM 0.63		2:31PM 1.02	3:27AM 0.63		5:09PM 0.93
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	18	30	16	14	14	15	14	19	20	16	20	19	15	17	19	17	22	21	20	29
Low °C	17	19	17	23	16	13	14	14	14	14	19	15	17	17	13	16	19	15	18	20	16	24
Chill °C (?)	19	20	18	30	15	12	13	13	13	19	19	15	20	19	15	16	18	15	22	21	20	29
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:05
Sunset	-	6:47	-	-	6:49	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:09	-	-	6:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	0.5 S	0.3 E	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 E	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	14	12	9	10	12	12	12	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	14	16	15	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 S	1.2 SSW	0.3 E	-	-	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	-
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	9	13	11	-	-	11	-	10	10	10	10	10	15	15	-	-	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.3 NE	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	2.2 SSE	0.2 E	2.4 ESE	1.6 SE	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	4	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	9	7	7	8

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	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	5	5	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.7 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 NE	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	7	10	9	8	9	9	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3126	3286	3798	70	1860	2495	1172	1212	1075	1491	1147	1033	576	627	618	567	1794	1090	1799	1569	2029	1493
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:35AM 1.60				4:42PM 1.67					5:03AM 1.43				5:09PM 1.54				5:31AM 1.34				5:23PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)			10:35AM 0.22				10:36PM 0.23									11:21PM 0.32				11:20AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	15	18	20	22	18	18	14	16	16	17	17	17	23	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	15	18	20	22	18	18	14	16	16	16	16	16	23	15	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.7 ENE	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.4 SW	1.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	6	12	12	12	12	12	6	6	10	7	12	12	14	9	9	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 E	0.7 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	-	0.2 E	0.4 E	-
Period (s)	10	9	9	11	10	9	-	11	11	10	9	12	12	8	14	10	13	13	-	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 NE	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	11	10	7	10	9	8	9	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 24																					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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	5	5	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 NE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	7	14	14	12	13	13	14	13	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	2895	3065	2746	185	3026	3261	2331	3258	3274	3866	3697	1817	70	2301	2104	1953	1185	2527	963	902	2070	821
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)															4:43PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)									10:33AM 0.26												10:55PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	19	16	18	16	19	20	20	19	19	22	19	19	18	17	18	14	17	18	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	19	16	18	15	19	20	20	19	19	22	19	19	18	17	18	13	16	18	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 NE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	0.7 ENE	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	7	14	14	12	13	13	14	13	12	6	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.2 E	0.3 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	12	10	9	-	10	10	9	9	10	11	10	10	10	10	9	-	10	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SW	-	2.0 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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