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

	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Outer Kom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Meerensee Beach Overberg	Baboon Point West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	9	7	7	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 SW	2.0 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SE
Period(s)	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	13	12	12	12	8
Energy	8408	6265	6068	3469	2205	1970	1249	1140	761	1130	1123	674	641	1032	1011	2432	1394	3075	1135	548	1293	1501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:45PM 1.26	2:09PM 1.42	2:18AM 1.48		2:19PM 1.31	2:22AM 1.41		3:17PM 1.40	2:56AM 1.39		3:48PM 1.44	3:33AM 1.61		3:58PM 1.38	4:06AM 1.48		4:54PM 1.52	4:38AM 1.54		5:10PM 1.30		5:33AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)			8:06PM 0.37	8:11AM 0.22		8:20PM 0.34	8:44AM 0.20		8:55PM 0.32	9:39AM 0.21		9:27PM 0.57	10:10AM 0.23		10:05PM 0.35	10:21AM 0.23		10:35PM 0.61	10:54AM 0.26		11:29PM 0.42	11:48AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	2	2
High °C	16	18	17	15	17	17	16	19	15	20	22	19	21	20	17	16	16	15	15	16	14	15
Low °C	16	17	16	14	16	15	15	18	15	18	20	17	19	18	16	15	15	14	13	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	18	17	14	17	17	16	19	15	20	22	19	21	20	17	16	15	13	14	14	12	14
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.3 E	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	15	16	15	14	14	13	12	13	12	13	12	11	11	11	13	13	8	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.3 E	1.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 W	0.3 WSW	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	-	6	6	12	7	13	-	-	8	12	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 SW	2.0 S	1.4 S	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	3.0 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	13	7	7	8	8

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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	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Outer Kom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12
Energy	7559	8064	8408	8673	6265	6168	6340	6068	5152	4078	3469	3518	2205	1145	2268	1970	1806	1423	1249	1048	1140	1077
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	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)				1:45PM 1.26	2:09PM 1.42				2:16AM 1.55				2:19PM 1.31				2:22AM 1.39				3:17PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		7:39AM 0.25				7:45PM 0.37					8:11AM 0.22				8:20PM 0.34				8:44AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	17	16	14	15	16	16	18	16	16	15	15	16	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	17	16	15	17	16	13	14	16	16	18	16	16	15	15	16	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.5 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	6	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

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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	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Outer Kom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Outer Kom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	16
Energy	6568	7024	7559	7714	8168	8064	8517	8408	8408	8408	6265	8673	8408	6051	6265	7046	6242	6168	6086	6407	6340	6407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												1:45PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)						7:39AM 0.25												7:45PM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	19	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	19	16	16	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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