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 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			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	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Outer Pool Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Stompneus West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	5	9	9	4	4	5	9	4	5	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 SW	1.4 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	12	14	13	14	16	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	14	13	13
Energy	1025	5982	7809	5378	2232	4005	3169	6275	7673	3274	3349	1127	3597	2103	2384	1794	1974	1308	514	1130	1057	1161
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:28AM 1.32		11:54PM 1.48	12:24PM 1.28		12:56AM 1.45	1:21PM 1.33		1:28AM 1.72	1:30PM 1.39		1:40AM 1.60		2:39PM 1.88	2:55AM 1.99		3:25PM 1.55	3:42AM 1.89		4:06PM 1.58	3:56AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)		5:33PM 0.57		6:19AM 0.46	6:32PM 0.45		7:16AM 0.33	7:18PM 0.30		7:22AM 0.12	7:35PM 0.33		8:32AM 0.19		8:40PM 0.33	9:14AM -0.01		9:25PM 0.05	9:56AM 0.01		9:46PM 0.11	10:16AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	mod. rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	6	8	10	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	19	16	28	18	16	21	16	16	17	19	17	17	16	16	18	17	21	20	16	17
Low °C	17	18	15	15	25	17	16	20	15	15	16	18	17	17	15	14	17	16	17	19	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	16	18	14	28	17	15	21	14	14	16	19	17	17	16	15	18	17	21	20	14	17
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	4.0 SW	0.3 SE	0.1 SE	2.1 SSW	3.0 W	3.5 SW	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 S	1.6 SW	1.4 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	12	12	16	12	12	-	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.7 NE	2.5 SSW	2.5 W	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	1.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	1.3 S	1.6 SW	1.4 S	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	7	12	11	-	-	14	15	16	15	11	15	12	14	11	13	11	10	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 W	4.5 W	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	1.4 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	4	13	13	14	-	-	-	14	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	4	-	8	6	6

	Sun	Monday 11								Tuesday 12								Wednesday 13
	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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Guns Swakopmund	Danger Reef Cape Town	Outer Pool Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	2	3	9	5	4	3	3	3	9	5	4	5	9	9	9	7	5	4	4	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	5.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	8	9	12	12	10	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	14	13	12	12
Energy	415	635	10375	4722	2463	882	649	674	12886	3782	2090	3247	13460	10863	11897	6801	3039	1480	1245	6129	3174	3314
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
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)	10:53PM 1.42					11:25AM 1.10				11:22PM 1.27				12:25PM 1.50				12:59AM 1.53				12:45PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)				5:17AM 0.61				5:32PM 0.53				5:51AM 0.39				6:22PM 0.40				7:15AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	1	4	1	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	21	12	13	22	24	24	23	18	17	15	16	15	16	15	15	23	21	20	19	17	16
Chill °C (?)	24	21	10	11	22	24	24	23	17	16	15	15	14	15	14	14	23	21	20	19	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ENE	1.2 ENE	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	5.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	8	9	12	12	10	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	-	13	16	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	1.1 S	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.7 NE	0.4 ENE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	3.0 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.4 NE	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.7 S	2.3 W	2.4 W
Period (s)	10	9	13	12	8	9	12	5	12	12	20	12	11	11	-	-	8	6	6	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 SSW	5.0 WSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	1.2 NE	7.0 WSW	3.0 W	-	3.5 W	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	12	-	10	-	-	7	14	13	-	12	13	13	13	13	-	-	-	13	-	-

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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	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hole-in-the-Wall Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Guns Swakopmund	Danger Reef Cape Town	Outer Pool Garden Route	Outer Pool Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	2	3	9	5	4	3	3	3	9	5	4	5	9	9	9	7	5	4	4	7	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	4.0 WSW	0.6 SE	1.3 S	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	7.0 W	3.5 SW
Period(s)	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	12	13	14
Energy	445	409	3263	123	480	227	227	543	4933	3176	2142	2583	2091	1765	1308	58	101	916	902	780	18477	5056
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			10:52PM 1.33													11:22AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)																					5:00PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	26	24	13	13	22	18	17	18	13	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	23	23	23	23	18	18
Chill °C (?)	26	24	10	10	22	16	15	17	11	10	15	12	12	14	15	15	23	23	23	23	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 ENE	1.4 ENE	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	1.6 NE	0.9 ENE	0.9 ENE	1.6 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	-	3.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	9	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	-	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	1.3 S	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 ENE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 ENE	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	8	10	10	9	13	11	21	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	10	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NNW	-	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	1.5 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.8 W	0.6 NW	2.5 NW	-	4.5 WNW	0.5 N	0.9 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NNW	0.8 WNW	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	0.6 WNW	7.0 W	4.0 W
Period (s)	3	-	10	11	7	5	5	4	5	7	-	9	3	4	4	4	4	8	8	3	13	13

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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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