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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Eastern Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	4	3	3	4	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	3.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 ENE	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	1.1 ENE	1.3 SW	0.3 SSE	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	9	12	11	14	13	8	12	11	12	8	7	13	9
Energy(?)	784	718	1043	603	1446	950	584	631	597	775	443	527	740	778	431	334	252	148	264	212	54	749
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	on	on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:16PM 1.76		5:28AM 1.62	5:48PM 1.41		6:12AM 1.79	6:35PM 1.58		6:57AM 1.67	7:27PM 1.45		7:45AM 1.25		8:28PM 1.19	9:24AM 1.28		10:57PM 1.08	11:17AM 1.12		1:00AM 1.20	12:53PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	11:11AM 0.32		11:13PM 0.09	11:44AM 0.10		11:48PM 0.17	12:28PM 0.47		12:33AM 0.55	1:17PM 0.59		1:17AM 0.42		2:20PM 0.58	2:34AM 0.65		4:19PM 0.68			6:42PM 0.67		6:50AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	26	25	22	24	24	28	30	25	26	21	22	24	25	21	23	27	24	26	19	19	22
Low °C	21	25	21	21	23	19	25	27	23	24	21	21	21	24	20	21	26	22	23	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	26	26	25	22	24	24	28	30	25	26	21	22	24	25	21	23	27	24	26	18	18	22
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:52
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:51	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:02	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.9 SE	0.5 SE	1.6 E	1.2 SSW	1.1 ESE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 E	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.5 SW	0.3 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	12	11	8	10	10	8	10	8	8	9	12	8	14	13	8	12	8	8	8	10	8	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.7 WNW	0.9 SW	0.6 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.5 W	1.0 SSW	0.7 ESE	1.1 SE	0.8 ENE	0.6 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.2 S	0.3 SSE	0.5 E
Period (s)	7	14	11	13	16	10	16	14	13	12	8	11	8	8	8	7	11	6	6	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.6 SSE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	3.0 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 ENE	-	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 WSW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	1.1 ENE	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	-	3	4	4	5	-	5	-	-	8	7	9	9

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	5AM	8AM	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Hoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Keurbooms Garden Route	Arniston Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.6 SSW	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1066	1278	1032	764	669	980	628	1043	931	809	737	577	593	1764	1449	1079	1488	1229	279	711	1697	672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)	4:58AM 1.91					5:11PM 1.49				5:34AM 1.87				6:02PM 1.68				6:23AM 1.76				6:20PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				11:08AM 0.05				11:17PM 0.35				11:44AM 0.10				12:04AM 0.15				12:32PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	20	20	22	24	28	26	23	22	21	21	24	24	24	22	21	22	22	24	21	25	25	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	22	24	28	26	23	22	21	21	24	24	24	22	21	22	22	24	21	25	25	22
Sunrise	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 S	0.9 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.0 ESE	0.9 SSE	2.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	8	11	8	8	8	8	13	13	10	10	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 SW	0.6 WNW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	7	8	14	14	11	14	11	11	11	10	10	10	15	15	10	10	10	14	14	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.3 NW	-	2.5 ESE	-
Period (s)	8	7	-	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	3	-	8	-

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	3AM	4AM	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	The Hoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Keurbooms Garden Route	Arniston Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 SW	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	1.1 SW	2.2 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	10	10	7	7	12	7
Energy(?)	1198	1091	1327	1056	1201	821	1202	1162	1131	1108	821	900	941	1171	1165	630	981	1340	711	634	717	591
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			4:55AM 1.68													5:29PM 1.81
Low Tide / height (m)										11:11AM 0.32												11:07PM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	23	24	24	25	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	23	24	24	25	23	23	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 S	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.6 SW	0.7 WNW	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.2 SW	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.7 E	0.1 S
Period (s)	14	14	12	14	8	8	7	7	7	7	14	14	14	18	18	18	18	12	14	17	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 ESE	1.5 SSE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	7	-	8	8	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	6	10	10	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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