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 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Treskostraal West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	0	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	0	4	2	1	4	4	1	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 S	3.0 S	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.5 S	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.6 S	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 S	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.8 E
Period(s) (?)	8	9	15	8	9	12	10	9	10	16	8	8	8	13	16	9	15	14	18	14	13	4
Energy(?)	298	686	2985	479	2306	952	283	617	244	423	1526	1117	71	594	1850	55	2312	2463	716	2591	1464	25
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	1:04PM 1.36		1:26AM 1.39	1:44PM 1.65		1:30AM 1.27	1:32PM 1.41	2:01PM 1.62	2:02AM 1.36		2:02PM 1.43	2:31AM 1.37		3:10PM 1.64	3:29AM 1.58		3:05PM 1.44	3:32AM 1.45		3:37PM 1.47	4:03AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		7:27PM 0.42		7:26AM 0.46	7:54PM 0.32		7:28AM 0.35			8:23AM 0.30		8:24PM 0.16	8:34AM 0.30		9:21PM 0.16	9:21AM 0.28		9:23PM 0.17	9:33AM 0.28		9:52PM 0.18	10:25AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
High °C	17	20	16	18	23	20	18	26	17	20	23	18	21	23	17	23	21	18	23	20	21	19
Low °C	16	19	14	17	20	14	18	25	16	17	21	16	20	21	16	21	20	15	22	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	16	20	14	17	23	20	18	26	16	20	23	17	21	23	15	23	21	17	23	20	21	19
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:03
Sunset	-	7:00	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.8 SW	0.7 SE	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 S	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 S	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.5 S	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	9	15	9	13	12	10	11	10	16	15	13	8	13	16	9	15	14	18	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 E	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 NW	0.7 ENE	-	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	13	11	12	7	15	15	12	13	8	10	14	13	7	18	12	7	4	12	6	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.8 SW	3.0 S	1.7 S	3.0 S	1.7 S	-	1.5 S	1.0 ESE	1.6 SE	3.0 S	2.5 S	0.6 E	1.1 SE	2.1 S	0.7 ENE	-	2.1 S	0.6 S	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 E
Period (s)	8	9	8	8	9	8	-	9	4	6	8	8	5	5	8	5	-	8	8	-	6	4

	Fri	Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gansbaai Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	1.1 SE	1.4 SW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 S	1.5 S	2.3 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 S	1.3 SW	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	10	9	8	8	12	15	12	14	13	13	13	9	13	12	9	12	9	8	10
Energy(?)	1243	1142	1339	584	542	401	665	1122	4026	2399	3687	3073	2094	1926	689	1738	1195	1717	1163	1037	846	243
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:43AM 1.15				12:22PM 1.31				1:22AM 1.25				1:42PM 1.50				1:30AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				6:43AM 0.56				7:22PM 0.41				6:53AM 0.39				7:53PM 0.33				7:31AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	20	24	18	17	17	18	17	16	14	16	22	18	18	16	16	17	14	19	23	19
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	24	18	15	15	18	16	16	12	15	22	18	18	15	15	16	13	19	23	19
Sunrise	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.0 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.5 S	2.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	10	10	12	9	15	12	14	13	9	13	9	13	12	12	8	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	0.6 E	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	2.1 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	7	14	13	12	10	10	16	13	13	10	13	-	15	16	12	12	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 NE	2.3 NE	2.4 NE	0.4 NNW	1.4 SW	1.7 S	1.8 S	-	0.4 E	-	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	1.9 S	-	0.9 ESE	2.1 S	2.5 S	1.8 SSE	-	1.6 SSE	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	5	9	8	8	-	7	-	6	6	-	9	-	4	8	9	8	-	8	-

	Friday 14			Saturday 15
	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	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gansbaai Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Southbroom Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	4	5	4	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.9 SE	1.7 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S
Period(s) (?)	7	7	10	10	10	7	7	10	7	10	8	8	8	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	9
Energy(?)	711	899	806	501	265	284	276	283	401	494	501	453	1012	858	1426	535	638	1228	787	1555	920	1019
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					12:39AM 1.25												12:21PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)											6:11AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	19	19	18	19	18	16	16	17	16	18	16	17	17	21	24	18	19	19	19	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	18	18	14	14	17	16	17	14	16	15	21	24	18	18	18	18	16	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.7 ENE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.9 SE	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	1.2 SE	1.2 NE	1.0 SSE	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 SE
Period (s)	9	7	10	10	10	11	11	10	7	9	10	9	10	12	8	10	10	13	10	13	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.2 SSE	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 W	0.8 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.1 NE	1.1 SE	0.6 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	12	9	-	-	7	9	9	10	10	7	9	9	16	8	12	7	14	10	13	10	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.2 NE	1.6 NE	-	1.6 S	1.6 S	0.7 SSW	-	1.1 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 S	3.0 S	2.4 S	3.5 S	2.5 S	2.3 S
Period (s)	7	7	6	5	-	7	7	4	-	10	8	8	8	6	8	9	8	8	8	8	7	9

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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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