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

	Wed		Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Groenvlei Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	16	14	14	13	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	8	14	13	7	8	12	12
Energy(?)	776	1829	1661	823	1486	1539	1984	1376	1305	722	1706	657	687	545	699	1335	2290	2345	920	1578	1014	1195
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	on	off	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:13PM 1.79	3:21AM 1.70		3:41PM 1.58	3:59AM 1.96		4:15PM 1.58	4:28AM 1.74		5:14PM 1.94		5:27AM 1.76	5:46PM 1.56		5:45AM 1.53	6:30PM 1.74		6:53AM 1.79	7:11PM 1.30		7:37AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		9:11PM 0.03	9:38AM -0.02		9:47PM 0.28	10:13AM 0.22		10:16PM 0.01	10:42AM -0.02		11:07PM 0.19	11:41AM 0.05		11:31PM 0.17	12:04PM 0.19		12:26AM 0.32	12:57PM 0.58		1:16AM 0.52		2:02PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	20	26	21	21	20	22	18	18	22	17	21	24	19	22	24	22	19	26	24	28	30
Low °C	22	20	21	20	19	19	20	16	18	20	17	18	22	18	19	24	22	18	24	21	23	25
Chill °C (?)	23	19	26	21	21	20	22	18	18	22	15	21	24	18	22	24	22	19	26	24	28	30
Sunrise	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	7:00	-	-	6:59	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	16	14	14	13	8	8	12	12	12	-	11	11	11	12	16	14	13	13	12	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.9 SSW	1.5 ESE	0.4 SE	1.7 ESE	-	0.4 SE	-	0.8 E	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.9 ESE	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	16	7	7	8	-	8	-	9	-	-	8	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	12	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	2.1 ESE	-	1.2 NW	0.5 W	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.1 S	-	1.4 S	2.5 SSW	-	1.8 S	1.5 S	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	2.1 SSE	2.5 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	5	3	10	11	10	-	6	12	-	7	7	-	8	-	-	7	8	-	-

	Wednesday 18					Thursday 19								Friday 20								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	581	742	580	1072	1441	1502	1046	2074	1527	1228	1823	3811	1855	1241	2855	3624	2297	1170	2408	2475	3022	2405
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:08PM 1.59				3:21AM 1.70				4:05PM 2.08				3:54AM 1.76				4:37PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	9:07AM 0.30				9:15PM 0.31				9:35AM -0.04				10:08PM -0.06				10:33AM -0.07				10:39PM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	6	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	1	1	2
Temp. °C	20	21	21	23	22	21	18	19	22	24	23	22	22	19	18	20	20	21	20	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	20	21	21	23	22	21	18	19	22	24	23	22	22	19	18	20	20	21	20	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.9 ESE	2.0 SSW	2.0 E	1.9 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	1.1 ESE	0.9 ESE	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	10	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	7	14	7	14	8	13	13	13	8	8	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.1 NW	0.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.7 SSW	-	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 ESE	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	6	11	10	7	7	8	7	7	14	-	14	14	14	8	8	8	-	-	8	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	0.9 SE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SE	1.7 SE	-	-	-	2.0 ESE	-	2.4 E	-	-	-	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	6	-	8	-	-	-	13	13	12	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 18															Thursday 19
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	14	11	10	14	14	13	13	13	10	13	10	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	625	848	506	659	764	764	499	815	629	257	678	708	734	629	1228	877	1062	764	1131	1138	1251	1349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	cross	on	cross	on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								3:07PM 1.56												3:48AM 1.97
Low Tide / height (m)		9:05AM 0.05												9:11PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	21	20	23	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	19	20	21	21	22	22	21	20	23	21	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	11	10	14	14	13	13	13	7	13	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	6	11	14	14	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	17	16	-	-	16	-	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	0.8 SSE	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.7 ESE	-	1.6 SE	-	0.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	6	6	6	5	7	-	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	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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