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

	Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wed
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Main Break Swakopmund	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Kleinmond Overberg	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	5	4	5	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	3	6	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SE	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.4 SE	3.5 ESE	4.0 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	9	9	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	682	1549	1643	1265	985	598	546	531	1277	3271	2862	2437	881	1854	1408	485	1045	1006	653	2476	5127	3106
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)			4:20AM 1.72		4:54PM 1.77	4:48AM 1.60		5:10PM 1.69		5:24AM 1.76	5:39PM 1.61		5:59AM 1.63	6:11PM 1.36		6:15AM 1.32	6:40PM 1.40		6:39AM 1.51	7:11PM 1.00		7:18AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)	9:59AM 0.19	12:03PM -0.03	10:10PM 0.06	10:35AM 0.05		10:38PM 0.10	11:03AM 0.10		11:08PM 0.43	11:32AM 0.47		11:45PM 0.24	12:08PM 0.31		12:11AM 0.33	12:27PM 0.43		12:33AM 0.75	12:54PM 0.69		1:02AM 0.66	1:47PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	19	21	20	20	22	21	19	18	20	18	19	29	19	23	23	22	35	29	26	30
Low °C	18	21	18	19	19	18	19	20	17	17	19	14	15	26	16	18	23	20	25	28	24	26
Chill °C (?)	23	21	19	21	20	20	22	21	19	18	19	17	19	29	18	23	23	22	35	29	26	30
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	7:19	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	0.6 S	3.5 SW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.9 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.4 SE	0.8 SSW	3.5 ESE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	15	13	12	12	12	12	9	9	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 ESE	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.1 W	0.3 W	-	0.1 W	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	9	16	16	10	18	8	9	15	8	8	13	12	14	11	-	13	12	12	11	16	11	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	2.4 SW	-	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.6 SE	1.9 SSE	2.3 ESE	1.6 SE	-	-	2.4 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	10	-	11	11	7	8	7	8	-	-	10	10	10	10

	Wednesday 04							Thursday 05								Friday 06
	5AM	9AM	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	Guns Swakopmund	TTs West	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	14	9	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	1363	2010	548	580	613	1694	1750	1643	1486	1261	1086	1190	1092	1275	1091	1065	841	723	527	323	616	678
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:56AM 1.75				4:26PM 1.81				4:26AM 1.90				4:54PM 1.74				4:56AM 1.84					5:22PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)			10:05AM 0.03				10:09PM 0.05				10:38AM 0.34				10:58PM 0.03					11:03AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	29	20	22	21	19	19	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	21	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	16	29	20	22	21	19	19	19	18	18	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	21	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	14	9	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 E	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	19	5	11	16	9	16	16	16	15	15	15	10	9	8	8	11	11	10	8	14	13	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.3 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	-	0.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	2	-	3

	Wednesday 04																					Thu
	3AM	5AM	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	Guns Swakopmund	TTs West	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	1556	2100	758	478	699	637	637	688	639	688	699	705	705	761	799	782	1709	1825	1411	864	1268	874
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)															4:29PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)									10:09AM 0.31												10:31PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	25	17	18	16	17	19	19	20	21	21	23	23	23	23	20	20	19	20	19	19	21
Chill °C (?)	16	25	17	18	16	17	19	19	20	21	21	23	23	23	23	20	20	19	20	19	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	15	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.6 S	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 E	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	19	5	16	17	10	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	11	11	16	16	16	9	16	8	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.9 E	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	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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