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

	Wed		Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wed
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	3.0 SSE	2.3 S	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSW	2.0 SE	1.3 ESE	1.5 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	2666	3614	2101	1354	3093	2767	2221	3136	1133	1118	1057	1279	1715	1056	1917	1444	1016	1043	1043	1330	1309	1123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	5:28PM 1.52		5:35AM 1.37	6:05PM 1.46		6:08AM 1.42	6:46PM 1.62		6:27AM 1.42	7:35PM 1.30		7:35AM 1.33		8:14PM 1.23	8:42AM 1.30		9:15PM 1.25	10:12AM 1.13		10:24PM 1.53	11:09AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 0.43	11:51AM 0.27		12:07AM 0.48	12:25PM 0.36		12:47AM 0.50	12:41PM 0.47		1:45AM 0.54	1:41PM 0.67		2:35AM 0.50		2:38PM 0.47	3:46AM 0.45		3:59PM 0.69		5:04AM 0.59	5:08PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	heavy rain	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	16	22	-	2	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	15	18	14	15	16	18	14	17	14	14	14	13	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	18
Low °C	14	13	14	17	14	13	15	14	12	15	13	13	13	11	13	15	14	14	15	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	18	13	14	15	18	13	17	14	13	14	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:47	-
Sunset	5:27	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSE	2.3 S	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SSW	2.0 SE	1.5 S	1.5 ESE	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	9	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	1.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.5 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.9 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	11	-	12	7	11	9	11	11	13	11	8	10	10	12	13	11	11	10	12	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SE	4.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04								Friday 05								Sat
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Salmon Bay KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SE	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SE	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	2.3 S	2.3 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	9	12	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10
Energy	845	1994	2666	1441	1882	3614	5701	5450	2101	1660	1354	3208	3150	3093	3162	3568	2767	2392	2221	3231	3161	3136
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:10PM 1.45				5:36AM 1.38				6:05PM 1.45				6:09AM 1.33				6:45PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	10:54AM 0.29					11:28PM 0.43				11:50AM 0.29				12:07AM 0.48				12:25PM 0.36				12:47AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	7	-	10	4	1	-	-	2	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	14	16	17	14	15	15	15	16	17	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	18	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	18	12	16	17	12	13	14	14	16	17	13	13	13	12	11	14	14	14	18	17	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	1.2 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	0.8 E	2.3 S	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.2 W	0.5 W	1.4 E	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	7	-	12	12	12	12	7	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.4 S	3.5 SE	-	-	4.0 SE	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	-	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	9	9	-	-	10	11	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	10	10	10

	Wednesday 03															Thursday 04
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Hell West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Donkin Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	1.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	3.5 SE	2.0 S	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Energy	596	589	845	2045	1918	1994	1936	3542	2666	680	1334	1441	1441	1418	1882	3168	1051	3614	3499	5707	5701	5708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)										5:10PM 1.45												5:36AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)			10:54AM 0.29													11:28PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	17	18	19	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	17	13	18	14	14	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	16	17	18	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	17	11	18	12	12	13	13	14
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 S	1.4 SW	2.0 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.2 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	1.4 E	-	0.7 SSW	-	-	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	10	10	10	10	10	7	-	13	-	-	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	2.3 S	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.2 ESE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SE	-	4.0 SE	4.0 SE	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	2	2	-	9	9	9	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	10	10	11	11	11

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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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