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

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat
	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	Queens Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Quissico Inhambane	The Wreck Garden Route
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	14	14	13	8	14	13	12	18	18	15	16	15	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	10	9
Energy(?)	805	892	716	656	1351	716	811	738	1175	716	2265	1422	1932	1062	1104	1419	1303	888	962	328	384	674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:01PM 1.50		5:50AM 1.86	5:52PM 1.35		6:34AM 1.55	6:54PM 1.19		7:43AM 1.46		8:15PM 1.30	9:09AM 1.17		9:58PM 1.26	11:03AM 1.33		11:39PM 1.41	12:09PM 1.68		12:13AM 1.13	12:54PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 0.16		11:19PM 0.13	11:42AM 0.55		12:10AM 0.27	12:50PM 0.67		1:14AM 0.66		2:19PM 0.76	2:40AM 0.75		3:50PM 0.53	4:15AM 0.77		5:44PM 0.62		5:51AM 0.80	6:49PM 0.71		6:37AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	27	27	23	24	22	24	25	23	18	23	22	19	22	19	18	21	23	17	20	22	23	17
Low °C	22	24	20	22	21	20	23	19	16	20	21	18	19	19	17	19	20	15	18	22	22	17
Chill °C (?)	27	27	23	24	22	24	25	23	18	23	22	19	22	19	18	21	23	17	20	22	23	16
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:13
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:23	-	-	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 ESE	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 SE
Period (s)	7	14	14	13	13	14	8	12	12	11	15	16	15	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SE	1.3 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 E	0.1 W	1.5 S	1.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.4 SE	0.6 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 E
Period (s)	16	-	-	7	18	6	13	20	18	8	18	7	13	6	14	12	15	12	11	14	14	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	-	3.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	1.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	0.8 ENE	2.0 SW
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4	9

	Fri	Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Monday 10
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Beach Road 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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 E	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	8	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	511	579	758	963	730	559	892	706	769	1303	1096	883	683	662	731	1651	1682	2344	1811	1367	513	868
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	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)			4:45AM 1.50	5:04AM 1.98				5:01PM 1.50				5:39AM 1.66				6:05PM 1.56				6:44AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)	10:33PM 0.01				10:51AM 0.16					11:21PM 0.38				11:43AM 0.28				12:11AM 0.54				12:52PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	22	18	20	24	31	24	27	22	23	21	22	23	23	25	19	20	19	19	23	23	25
Chill °C (?)	25	22	17	20	24	31	24	27	22	23	21	22	23	23	25	19	20	19	19	23	23	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.6 SW	1.7 ESE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 SW	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	10	8	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	8	8	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.5 SE	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	16	10	10	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	6	16	16	15	14	13	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 E	1.8 SE	0.8 S	1.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.1 SE	1.7 SE	1.4 SE	2.0 ESE	-	1.1 SE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	3	-

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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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Beach Road 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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 SE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	16	16	16	16	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	326	400	975	740	951	579	427	459	408	399	463	432	387	439	805	442	492	447	540	546	1124	708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)									4:50AM 1.75												5:00PM 1.50	5:19PM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)			10:33PM 0.01												10:53AM 0.42	11:07AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	25	19	17	18	22	20	23	20	21	21	22	20	22	27	23	23	21	21	21	24	21
Chill °C (?)	25	25	18	16	17	22	20	23	20	21	21	22	20	22	27	23	23	21	21	21	24	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	0.6 SW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	10	10	10	7	10	7	10	10	16	16	16	16	7	10	16	16	16	15	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	-	0.6 SW
Period (s)	18	10	18	18	18	10	17	10	17	17	10	10	10	10	16	16	10	10	10	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 SE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.5 SE	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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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