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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	Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Mon
	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Captains Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	2	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	2	3	4	4	3	4	4	0	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	1.6 E	2.4 ENE	2.1 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	6	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	12	12	18	16	16	16	8	6	7	8	12
Energy(?)	219	478	706	960	772	1557	422	767	753	381	515	443	501	664	1181	878	880	1636	409	834	1221	354
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	10:42AM 1.40		11:12PM 1.13	11:29AM 1.34		12:51AM 1.35	1:11PM 1.58		1:52AM 1.45		2:09PM 1.68	2:44AM 1.58		2:59PM 1.71	3:31AM 1.65		3:51PM 1.66	4:18AM 1.57		4:28PM 1.65	4:57AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)		5:10PM 0.60		5:05AM 0.46	6:17PM 0.53		6:47AM 0.45	7:42PM 0.48		7:53AM 0.34		8:35PM 0.17	8:48AM 0.23		9:21PM 0.08	9:37AM 0.15		10:05PM 0.04	10:22AM 0.11		10:43PM 0.01	11:05AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	24	21	24	28	22	22	25	23	23	23	22	23	25	19	22	23	20	23	24	22	21
Low °C	21	23	20	23	25	20	20	25	21	21	22	19	21	23	18	21	22	18	20	23	18	20
Chill °C (?)	26	24	21	24	28	22	22	25	23	23	23	22	23	25	18	22	23	19	23	24	22	21
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:22
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:20	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.3 SW	2.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.4 SW	2.1 E	1.6 E	0.1 SW	2.1 E	1.4 E	1.8 E	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	7	9	8	8	9	9	9	11	9	8	8	12	12	12	16	10	9	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	9	14	9	9	13	11	10	16	13	11	11	21	8	18	11	16	16	14	13	13	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	2.3 ESE	-	2.0 E	2.4 E	2.4 E	0.4 WSW	2.4 ENE	-	1.4 SSW	0.7 SSE	-	-	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 SW	2.5 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	-	8	8	9	3	8	-	5	6	-	-	4	5	-	4	8	6	7	8	9

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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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 E	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.4 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	2.1 E
Period(s) (?)	6	7	6	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	8
Energy(?)	203	358	219	89	200	1186	1025	1758	1289	1057	960	404	359	558	555	1656	1351	1774	1080	402	1027	1040
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)			10:15AM 1.30					11:34PM 1.50				12:02PM 1.49				12:51AM 1.22				1:11PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)						5:21PM 0.49				5:27AM 0.53				6:39PM 0.38				6:46AM 0.41				7:42PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	21	21	24	24	27	22	20	20	21	23	24	25	23	20	20	20	20	23	22	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	24	24	27	22	20	20	21	23	24	25	23	20	20	20	20	23	22	22	22	21
Sunrise	4:56	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	5:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 E	2.1 ENE	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	12	7	-	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	11	11	12	12	10	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	-	-	-	-	2.4 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.0 E	0.4 WSW	1.9 E	2.1 E
Period (s)	-	7	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	9	3	8	8

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	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 E	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.6 SW	1.3 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.9 E	0.7 E	0.4 SW	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E
Period(s) (?)	6	6	7	9	7	10	10	6	10	10	6	6	7	7	7	6	9	10	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	230	228	230	95	303	158	156	153	117	94	358	455	563	877	1009	370	134	24	378	426	502	478
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									10:41AM 1.45													11:32PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)		4:00AM 0.71														5:22PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	19	19	20	22	23	24	26	27	26	26	26	24	24	24	23	22	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	19	19	18	20	22	23	24	26	27	26	26	26	24	24	24	23	22	19	19	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 E	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 E	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	6	10	9	9	7	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	13	13	13	9	9	9	9	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	10	-	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SE	1.3 SSE	1.2 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.4 ESE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	1.9 E	1.0 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	2.2 E
Period (s)	-	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	5	6	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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