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 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			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	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Outer Pool Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Main Break Swakopmund	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Mtunzini KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Kleinmond Overberg
Rating	4	9	5	4	9	9	9	8	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 ENE	1.2 E	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.8 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	14	13	13	-	15	15	13	16	13	12	14	8	9	8	9	10	9	10	10
Energy(?)	1761	11588	4550	1638	4715	4976	0	9060	5691	1641	1698	1935	854	1665	1382	405	519	535	638	1307	2042	831
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:34PM 1.89		5:39AM 1.52	6:10PM 1.33		6:46AM 1.71	7:10PM 1.25		7:45AM 1.46		8:46PM 1.16	9:28AM 1.07		10:46PM 1.11	11:03AM 1.09		12:06AM 1.59	12:41PM 1.28		12:36AM 1.59	1:27PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	11:24AM 0.28		11:26PM 0.22	11:56AM 0.21		12:20AM 0.33	12:52PM 0.57		1:31AM 0.65		2:07PM 0.45	3:12AM 0.63		4:04PM 0.62			5:15PM 0.47		6:43AM 0.51	6:24PM 0.65		7:30AM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	19	16	23	22	17	18	17	16	20	21	18	26	19	23	26	24	20	27	16	15	16
Low °C	14	17	14	16	16	17	17	17	13	19	20	15	17	19	21	25	24	18	22	15	14	12
Chill °C (?)	16	18	16	23	22	16	17	16	14	20	21	17	26	19	23	26	24	20	27	14	13	16
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:15
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:24	-	-	6:45	-	-	5:25	-	-	6:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 ESE	2.2 SSW	2.0 ENE	1.2 E	0.3 S	1.6 E	1.8 E	0.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 S
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	-	13	13	15	15	13	16	13	8	14	8	9	11	9	10	15	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.1 SE	-	1.3 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 S	0.3 SSW	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	9	9	8	-	-	-	-	-	17	6	-	12	-	11	11	12	11	12	12	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 W	4.0 SW	-	0.7 N	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.3 SE	-	2.3 E	-	-	2.3 ENE	0.4 SW	2.0 E	1.0 NNE	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	0.6 E
Period (s)	4	14	-	4	13	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	-	-	8	3	8	5	-	9	10	4

	Sun	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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	Noordhoek Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Quissico Inhambane	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Blouberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	3	5	6	6	1	4	5	9	9	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	9	7	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.9 NE	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	12	12	14	11	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	15	15	15
Energy(?)	1386	564	6854	6899	5691	92	2323	4727	10750	9008	3272	3682	3887	3293	1483	3557	3631	10705	6246	9375	9882	8536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	low	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
High Tide / height (m)			4:52AM 1.66					5:35PM 1.51				5:53AM 1.57				6:11PM 1.33				6:35AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)	10:55PM 0.29	11:03PM 0.20				11:22AM 0.08				11:36PM 0.27				12:10PM 0.24				12:18AM 0.55				1:01PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	27	15	16	16	32	19	18	15	14	14	14	20	21	21	17	16	16	15	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	19	27	13	15	15	32	19	18	14	12	13	13	20	21	21	17	16	15	14	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.3 ENE	4.5 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.4 ESE	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	7	12	12	14	8	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	-	0.4 SSW	0.2 E	0.8 SSW	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.6 ENE	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	10	16	16	-	11	9	16	-	11	20	11	10	-	8	18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 NE	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	-	-	-	5	-	12	14	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	Noordhoek Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Quissico Inhambane	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Blouberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	3	5	6	6	1	4	5	9	9	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	9	7	9	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.0 ENE	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	0.6 SSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	11	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	9	9	11	12	14	14	12	12	14	14	14
Energy(?)	971	615	6480	6487	4611	265	1436	148	4744	4643	6975	23	23	4517	2716	6996	6742	5823	4506	6451	6219	11558
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	on	on	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:05AM 2.10												5:36PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)			10:40PM 0.12													11:09AM 0.06
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	27	15	15	14	24	14	19	13	13	15	15	16	17	22	16	15	18	18	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	21	27	13	13	11	24	12	19	10	10	14	14	14	16	22	15	14	17	17	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.5 ENE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.0 ENE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	4.5 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.0 SSW	0.8 ENE	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.6 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	7	18	18	17	11	12	8	16	16	12	9	9	16	8	14	14	11	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	0.2 E	0.4 SW	-	-	1.8 SSW	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 E
Period (s)	8	10	-	-	-	8	17	6	-	-	16	-	-	9	18	-	-	15	9	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 ENE	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	0.9 NE	0.7 WNW	0.7 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	-	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	-	-	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	7	11	12	11	5	4	4	11	11	-	12	12	11	12	-	-	12	12	-	-	14

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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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