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

	Thu	Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Dunes Cape Town
Rating	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.9 S	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 S	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 S	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	15	14	10	11	11	7	16	8	14	13	13	12	8	15	14	13	7	9	9
Energy(?)	3922	4432	3463	1254	932	864	1404	787	733	1504	857	1547	1303	1510	733	1019	1588	2175	1384	723	1462	1708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:54AM 1.46		4:01PM 1.55	4:25AM 1.46		4:30PM 1.61	4:55AM 1.52		5:01PM 1.45		5:31AM 1.64	5:34PM 1.38		6:11AM 1.58	6:11PM 1.56		6:53AM 1.56	6:58PM 1.32		7:39AM 1.22		8:09PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	9:45PM 0.15	9:52AM 0.25		10:14PM 0.17	10:23AM 0.28		10:43PM 0.23	10:53AM 0.36		11:16PM 0.26	11:24AM 0.64		11:51PM 0.29	12:05PM 0.72		12:29AM 0.57	12:58PM 0.76		1:18AM 0.47	1:55PM 0.57	2:07PM 0.60	2:06AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	23	22	22	22	25	19	20	25	19	21	26	19	22	24	18	19	24	18	21	26	19
Low °C	16	21	21	20	21	22	18	19	24	16	20	22	16	20	21	17	18	22	15	17	25	17
Chill °C (?)	17	23	22	22	22	25	18	20	25	18	21	26	18	22	24	17	18	24	17	21	26	18
Sunrise	-	5:05	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	0.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	15	14	10	11	10	16	16	7	14	13	13	12	11	15	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 E	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	-	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 S	0.1 W	0.2 NNW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	12	12	11	15	11	8	13	15	-	13	18	12	12	7	13	6	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SE	1.0 E	-	2.3 SW	1.6 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	1.5 S	0.5 E	1.3 S	1.8 S	1.2 SE	1.5 S	1.4 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	7	7	8	7	7	4	7	8	6	6	6	7	9	9

	Thursday 20			Friday 21								Saturday 22								Sunday 23
	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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast
Rating	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	11	13	10	11	9
Energy(?)	5645	6418	5968	5841	5140	3456	3167	2747	3463	2929	1512	3216	3153	1625	1159	1016	1228	1176	1556	1280	1275	1331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:31PM 1.56				3:55AM 1.48				4:01PM 1.55				4:26AM 1.41				4:33PM 1.85				4:56AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			9:45PM 0.15				9:51AM 0.28				10:11PM 0.38				10:27AM 0.23				10:45PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	17	18	19	21	21	21	18	18	19	20	20	22	22	22	18	20	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	16	18	19	21	21	21	18	18	19	20	20	22	22	22	18	20	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35
Sunset	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	1.3 SW	1.9 S	1.1 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	11	13	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.2 SW	0.3 ENE	1.3 S	1.3 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	13	7	8	7	12	8	10	12	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	1.6 S	-	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	10	-	9

	Thursday 20									Friday 21
	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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast
Rating	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	20	18	18	14	17	14	14	14
Energy(?)	3894	6180	5645	5645	6022	4268	4214	4161	5968	5820	3383	5841	4382	3216	714	874	930	3338	2296	2300	4432	1828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:32PM 1.57												3:54AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)								9:44PM 0.17												9:33AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	20	19	19	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	18	19	19	21	22	23	23
Chill °C (?)	18	21	20	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	19	18	19	19	21	22	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	20	18	18	14	17	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.1 NW
Period (s)	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8

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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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