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

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Groenvlei Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	3	4	4	1	4	4	7	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	5.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SW	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	11	11	9	13	8	10	11	12	12	12	12	10	11	12	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	12
Energy	860	501	1305	1828	95	2030	2218	12181	4444	3381	2796	3734	1343	1094	1039	1379	1723	1649	1387	1189	1267	1248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:54PM 1.55	4:40AM 1.45		5:27PM 1.65		5:36AM 1.48	6:07PM 1.35		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.42		6:52AM 1.45	7:34PM 1.59		7:35AM 1.33		8:12PM 1.47	8:46AM 1.14		9:15PM 1.25	9:54AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	10:21AM 0.23		10:37PM 0.39	11:14AM 0.29		11:30PM 0.36	11:50AM 0.29		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:50AM 0.48	1:02PM 0.57		1:45AM 0.54	1:41PM 0.67		2:46AM 0.70		2:47PM 0.70	3:46AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	5	-	27	-	7	12	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	1	-
High °C	17	18	17	15	22	18	18	16	14	15	16	14	15	17	16	15	17	16	17	15	15	15
Low °C	15	17	16	15	21	14	17	16	13	13	15	12	12	15	13	14	17	15	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	14	22	18	18	14	13	14	15	12	15	17	16	15	17	16	17	13	15	14
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:46
Sunset	-	5:27	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.6 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.8 S	4.5 SSE	4.0 SE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 SE	1.4 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	9	13	8	13	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	11	13	14	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 W	1.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 E	0.9 E	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	2.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.0 S	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 ESE	0.1 W	-	1.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	13	8	7	12	11	11	11	12	11	10	12	10	9	6	11	13	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.1 SE	0.2 NNE	3.0 S	2.3 SSW	5.0 SE	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	4	10	11	12	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Groenvlei Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	3	3	4	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.3 S	1.6 SW	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	9	10	13	13	10	8	10	12	10	10	11	11	11
Energy	1112	1119	1008	1059	860	1266	501	1178	1183	1305	1439	1077	1828	336	95	546	782	2030	5012	1586	2218	2353
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:05AM 1.37				4:54PM 1.55				4:40AM 1.45					5:30PM 1.38				5:36AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	10:00PM 0.59				10:21AM 0.23				10:54PM 0.37					11:17AM 0.23				11:30PM 0.36				11:50AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	16	16	17	18	17	16	16	17	16	16	15	20	21	19	17	15	15	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	15	17	18	17	16	16	17	16	16	14	20	21	19	17	13	14	15	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.6 ESE	1.3 S	1.6 SW	0.8 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	10	13	13	10	8	10	12	13	10	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.0 W	1.1 SW	0.7 W	1.4 S	0.5 E	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 E	1.0 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	10	11	13	11	9	8	13	14	10	8	12	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	2.1 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	2.1 SE	-	0.2 NNE	-	-	3.0 S	3.5 S	-	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	8	8	-	-	-	8	-	4	-	-	10	10	-	11	11

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) 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	Noordhoek Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Groenvlei Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	3	3	4	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1088	1189	1112	1075	1058	1119	1006	1074	1008	1009	1010	1059	1132	546	860	816	1202	1266	1266	1141	501	520
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)									4:05AM 1.37												4:54PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)															10:21AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	15	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	15	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	16	15	15	15	16	15	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.7 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	-	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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