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

	Fri	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Blythedale KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Donkin Bay West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Richards Bay South Pier KZN North
Rating	2	2	4	4	2	4	2	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	4	2	2	3	2	2	4	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	1.1 E	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SSW	3.0 SW	1.1 S	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 S	3.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	2.0 S	1.8 SW	1.2 SSE	2.2 ESE	1.6 E	0.9 S	1.8 ENE	0.6 S
Period(s) (?)	7	9	12	12	8	14	8	13	13	13	15	12	12	13	8	11	6	7	6	9	7	10
Energy(?)	240	272	131	368	277	3301	243	1663	2036	1852	445	2322	566	373	852	733	192	600	368	222	448	74
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:37PM 1.15	10:29AM 1.39		11:08PM 1.10	11:49AM 1.45		11:49PM 1.21	12:37PM 1.51		1:12AM 1.62	12:56PM 1.59		1:37AM 1.73		2:16PM 1.71	2:22AM 1.58		3:03PM 1.75	3:32AM 1.61		3:20PM 1.63	4:17AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	3:47AM 0.53		5:03PM 0.51		5:11AM 0.52	6:15PM 0.51		6:11AM 0.38	7:04PM 0.25		6:43AM 0.30	7:23PM 0.07		7:57AM 0.38		8:10PM -0.00	8:50AM 0.11		9:23PM 0.01	9:12AM 0.10		10:06PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	22	19	22	25	21	21	21	20	24	21	19	21	23	22	18	21	18	26	27	23
Low °C	19	20	21	18	21	23	20	19	21	19	22	20	16	21	23	20	18	21	16	21	27	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	22	19	22	25	21	21	21	20	24	21	18	21	23	22	18	21	17	26	27	23
Sunrise	-	5:09	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:45	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:54	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:53	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	1.1 E	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 E	3.0 SW	1.1 S	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.0 S	0.1 NW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	9	12	12	7	14	8	13	13	13	15	12	12	13	12	11	6	9	9	9	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.2 W	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.1 S
Period (s)	10	6	9	8	12	13	7	7	15	16	8	-	10	4	10	11	10	11	11	11	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.5 W	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	-	0.6 ENE	3.0 SSW	1.3 S	-	2.0 S	0.9 SW	-	2.2 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	1.8 NE
Period (s)	7	5	6	7	8	6	-	4	7	-	4	12	6	-	8	5	-	7	6	7	7	7

	Friday 28			Saturday 29								Sunday 30								Monday 01
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	0.7 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	7	7	6	8	8	7	14	14	13	13	14	12	15	13	13	14	13	13
Energy(?)	575	501	662	333	455	505	205	217	292	526	812	1409	1193	1701	2347	2047	380	3900	3314	2283	2028	2345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:36PM 1.10				10:02AM 1.25				10:44PM 1.14					11:06AM 1.40				11:49PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	3:36PM 0.61				3:47AM 0.57					5:16PM 0.77			4:41AM 0.55	5:18AM 0.71				6:14PM 0.39				6:11AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	21	20	21	25	20	21	20	20	17	16	18	19	21	23	21	19	18	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	20	21	25	20	21	20	20	17	15	18	19	21	23	21	19	18	18	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01
Sunset	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	1.1 S	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	7	7	6	8	6	7	14	14	13	13	14	12	8	13	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	1.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	-
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	8	8	12	9	8	8	7	13	8	8	8	13	15	7	7	13	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 W	0.4 NW	0.4 WSW	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	-	1.4 SW	-	1.7 SSW	-	1.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.4 S	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	2	2	3	7	7	-	6	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7

	Friday 28									Saturday 29
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	2.4 E	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	0.6 S	2.4 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 E	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	7	8	6	6	6	6	9
Energy(?)	600	536	862	697	282	312	59	1428	516	544	141	225	318	379	57	265	302	472	268	316	167	54
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)								9:37PM 1.09													10:02AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		3:36PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	5	8	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	19	22	23	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	18	21	20	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	21	19	18	22	23	22	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	17	21	20	21	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	0.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 S	0.7 SE	2.0 E	1.8 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 E	0.4 SW	1.5 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 E
Period (s)	8	8	8	13	8	9	9	9	8	8	8	10	8	9	8	10	8	8	8	6	6	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	1.6 SE	0.3 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 SSW	0.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	8	10	12	12	8	9	8	9	10	15	8	8	9	12	9	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 NNW	-	2.4 E	1.3 ENE	1.4 NE	-	2.4 ESE	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.5 W	1.3 SSW	-	0.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	-	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	2	-	8	5	5	-	8	4	3	4	7	-	4	5	7	4	6	6	6	-	6

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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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