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

	Mon	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Dias Beach Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	1	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 ESE	2.4 S	2.1 S	3.5 S	4.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.0 SE	1.7 S	1.5 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	12	11	8	13	13	8	9	11	12	12	12	12	9	12	9	11	13	14	13	14	13	13
Energy	1119	1081	754	1523	1882	100	1536	1188	3159	4756	3704	2988	2148	1228	1388	1036	1352	1662	1603	1295	1036	2163
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:05AM 1.58		4:54PM 1.72	4:39AM 1.31		5:27PM 1.65		5:36AM 1.41	6:07PM 1.32		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.42		6:27AM 1.42	7:35PM 1.30		7:35AM 1.33		8:12PM 1.47	8:46AM 1.14		9:35PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	10:00PM 0.59	10:17AM 0.44		10:37PM 0.36	11:14AM 0.29		11:15PM 0.41	11:51AM 0.27		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:55AM 0.65	12:41PM 0.47		1:42AM 0.52	1:41PM 0.67		2:46AM 0.70		2:38PM 0.46	4:04AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	1	7	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	17	17	19	15	15	22	15	18	21	14	15	16	18	13	16	16	14	16	16	18	17	16
Low °C	16	16	18	15	15	21	14	16	17	12	12	15	17	12	15	14	14	16	15	14	16	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	19	13	14	22	13	18	21	13	13	15	18	12	16	16	13	16	16	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:26	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.7 ESE	1.4 SW	2.1 S	3.5 S	4.0 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	1.8 S	2.0 SE	1.7 S	1.5 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	8	13	13	8	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	12	9	11	13	14	13	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.4 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.9 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 S	0.4 W	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSE	0.6 SW	1.4 ESE	1.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	1.0 E	0.1 SE	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	11	8	11	11	13	10	8	8	11	11	11	11	13	11	10	10	9	13	10	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 SSE	2.0 SSW	1.9 S	2.4 SSE	-	2.4 S	-	-	-	-	1.1 W	2.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	8	8	8	-	9	-	-	-	-	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Dias Beach Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Corner Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 ESE	2.2 SSE	1.8 SW	2.4 S	3.0 SSE	2.1 S
Period(s)	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	8	9	13	13	13	13	12	8	10	12	9	10	11
Energy	1030	1088	1112	1119	1037	1084	1081	1251	754	1335	1514	1523	1527	1077	1882	523	100	1137	915	1536	2320	1210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:06PM 1.58				4:04AM 1.35				4:54PM 1.72				4:39AM 1.31					5:31PM 1.36				5:36AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			10:00PM 0.59				10:17AM 0.44				10:54PM 0.37									11:15PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	-	-	13	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	18	18	16	16	15	15	16	15	19	21	17	16	14	15	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	15	16	18	18	16	16	13	14	16	14	19	21	17	16	12	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56
Sunset	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 ESE	2.2 SSE	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSE	2.1 S
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	9	9	13	13	13	13	12	8	10	12	12	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 W	0.8 W	0.7 W	0.3 WSW	0.6 W	0.3 S	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 W	0.9 SSW	0.8 E
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	10	10	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	-	2.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	3	8	6	11	8	8	8	8	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	9	-	-

	Monday 01									Tuesday 02
	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	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1082	1231	1030	1064	1006	1088	1088	1189	1112	1075	1058	1119	1100	987	1037	1020	1010	1084	1132	1115	1081	896
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:59PM 1.34	4:06PM 1.58												4:04AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)																					10:17AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	17	17	16	17	17	15	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	15	15	15	16	17	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	8	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	4	8	8	6	6	-

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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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