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

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	Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	7	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	13	17	12
Energy(?)	3609	4627	3792	2595	2565	1842	1295	2650	2870	2662	1392	2155	1681	1744	1260	404	2382	2838	702	1544	698	991
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:28PM 1.23		6:49AM 1.07	7:14PM 1.35		7:23AM 1.11	7:51PM 1.08	8:13PM 1.25	9:37AM 0.90		10:16PM 0.97	12:40PM 0.97		11:59PM 1.05	12:49PM 1.10		1:37AM 1.25	1:27PM 1.26		1:42AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)	12:10PM 0.42		12:45AM 0.45	12:41PM 0.53		1:25AM 0.57	1:26PM 0.70		3:07AM 0.84		3:06PM 0.92		5:56AM 0.71	5:59PM 0.66		6:36AM 0.49	7:04PM 0.66		7:16AM 0.36	7:38PM 0.59		7:51AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
High °C	17	15	16	15	17	15	14	16	16	15	22	17	20	25	20	14	14	15	19	15	18	16
Low °C	14	15	15	14	17	13	14	15	15	12	20	16	15	22	17	12	14	14	16	15	17	16
Chill °C (?)	17	14	16	15	16	15	13	15	15	15	22	17	20	25	20	12	13	14	19	14	18	14
Sunrise	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18
Sunset	-	6:25	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.0 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	13	17	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.2 ENE	1.6 SW	0.3 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.4 ENE	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSE	0.6 SE	-	1.3 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	1.0 SW	0.8 ENE	0.1 NW	0.7 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	10	16	8	13	5	19	7	18	17	6	6	-	8	15	15	16	8	13	7	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	2.0 E	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	12

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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	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3666	3253	3427	5363	5152	4749	4295	4508	3028	3105	1072	1198	2925	1723	2462	2149	1005	3005	1699	1621	1692	1521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				6:15AM 1.18				6:40PM 1.35				6:49AM 1.07				7:06PM 1.12				7:51AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		12:13AM 0.35				12:09PM 0.42				12:44AM 0.46				12:41PM 0.53				1:29AM 0.59				1:27PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	14	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	18	17	15	15	14	15	13	13	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	14	15	15	16	16	15	15	13	14	18	17	14	15	14	14	12	13	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SE	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.1 E	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	11	24	24	11	18	10	16	15	15	9	14	12	12	12	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-

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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	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3388	2883	2839	3843	3418	3555	2407	2094	3427	4536	1710	2256	2772	4033	5747	4677	2102	3983	4370	4493	4250	3051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	glass	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:03AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)					12:16AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	13	14	13	14	16	15	15	16	17	18	15	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	15	13	14	12	14	16	15	15	16	17	18	14	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	10	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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