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

	Monday 12			Tuesday 13			Wednesday 14			Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	TTs West	Muizenberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cemetery Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	2	2	3	4	3	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.7 ENE	2.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 E	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	7	13	14	11	18	11	11	13	13	11	13	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	2372	422	1706	689	740	1862	288	563	1283	2316	2003	361	243	415	343	282	442	367	1361	1007	1841	949
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:35AM 1.45		11:44PM 1.20	11:57AM 1.45		1:08AM 1.12	1:17PM 1.28		2:01AM 1.15		2:09PM 1.58	2:43AM 1.38		3:00PM 1.92	3:18AM 1.35		2:45PM 1.36	3:15AM 1.38		3:21PM 1.65	3:47AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)		5:23PM 0.82		5:07AM 0.92	6:23PM 0.50		7:00AM 0.69	7:43PM 0.77		7:57AM 0.59		8:32PM 0.48	8:36AM 0.45		9:08PM 0.32	9:16AM 0.38		9:04PM 0.19	9:20AM 0.29		9:35PM 0.14	9:52AM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	6	1	-	1	-	-	2	-	-	1	1	2	-	-
High °C	23	27	23	26	22	28	22	23	22	22	19	21	19	25	20	20	25	19	19	20	17	19
Low °C	22	26	21	24	22	24	19	22	16	19	18	20	17	25	18	19	24	17	19	19	16	18
Chill °C (?)	23	27	23	26	22	28	22	23	22	22	18	21	19	25	20	20	25	19	18	20	15	18
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:26
Sunset	-	7:01	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:40	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 ENE	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	0.1 NW	1.0 E	1.0 SW	1.2 E	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 E	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	-	1.9 SW
Period (s)	16	20	13	9	11	18	11	11	13	13	11	9	10	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	-	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	0.3 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	-	0.6 E	0.1 W	1.0 S	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	1.0 SE	0.8 SW	0.1 NE	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.5 E	-	0.7 E
Period (s)	11	11	9	14	12	12	20	19	-	12	13	6	12	12	7	10	8	6	11	10	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.7 ENE	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.3 SE	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	1.0 SSE	1.2 S	-	-	1.3 S	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	5	4	-	-	2	-	-	11	-	5	7	-	-	8	-	-	-	11	-

	Sun	Monday 12								Tuesday 13								Wednesday 14
	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	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Quissico Inhambane	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.8 SW	0.7 SSW	1.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	18	17	18	14	15	14	15	14	8	8	8	12	18	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1427	3152	3199	1811	1641	2113	2299	1415	2056	1543	1535	1572	1118	554	564	852	715	719	607	562	288	768
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:43PM 1.29				10:14AM 1.09					11:04PM 1.04				11:51AM 1.54				12:36AM 1.03				12:39PM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)			3:25AM 0.85					5:16PM 0.92			4:56AM 0.91	5:05AM 0.76				6:38PM 0.72				6:31AM 0.85
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	22	21	21	23	23	23	23	24	23	24	22	24	25	25	19	18	17	19	22	24
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	21	21	23	23	23	23	24	23	24	22	24	25	25	19	18	17	19	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.8 SW	1.2 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	8	18	17	18	14	15	14	15	14	8	8	8	12	8	9	8	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	11	10	8	9	9	17	16	16	8	18	13	14	12	12	12	12	20	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 E	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	0.5 SW	-	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	0.5 S	2.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	-	8	8	8	-	-	5	8	-	-	-	-	-	2

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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	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Quissico Inhambane	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 E	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.4 ENE	1.5 E	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	20	20	8	17	18	18	20	19	7	7	7	17	14	8	6	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	796	2740	2899	1393	1907	1765	1765	1493	2342	519	513	530	3152	541	1400	340	1601	1755	1490	1522	696	1092
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		9:46PM 1.20												10:00AM 1.59	10:20AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)								3:28AM 0.87														5:10PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	23	23	25	22	24	29	27	24	23	24	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	23	23	25	22	24	29	27	24	23	24	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 E	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 E	1.6 SSW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	2.0 SSW	1.2 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	8	20	20	8	17	12	12	8	19	7	7	7	17	8	20	11	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	1.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	18	18	20	12	12	12	12	12	14	11	22	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 E	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	-	-	2.4 ENE	1.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	8	6	4	4	4	4	4	4

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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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