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

	Sat		Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Sat
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape Vidal KZN North	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	12	10	11	10
Energy	1074	1033	1379	1779	1122	1113	1757	1016	1019	1082	1366	1044	1579	1040	1575	1436	1214	1000	1303	573	594	502
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	7:35PM 1.26		7:29AM 1.12		8:32PM 1.58	8:38AM 1.08		9:15PM 1.25	9:53AM 1.09		10:24PM 1.53	11:09AM 1.37		11:21PM 1.36	12:13PM 1.45		12:19AM 1.44	1:04PM 1.31		1:22AM 1.74		2:21PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		1:36AM 0.63	1:38PM 0.44		2:56AM 0.76		2:47PM 0.70	3:46AM 0.45		3:48PM 0.47		5:04AM 0.59	5:21PM 0.45		6:04AM 0.50	6:03PM 0.38		6:51AM 0.18	7:26PM 0.29		7:48AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	16	16	18	12	14	14	14	16	15	17	22	17	16	17	15	15	16	15	15	20
Low °C	18	19	14	16	16	12	13	13	14	16	14	16	22	16	15	16	14	15	16	14	14	20
Chill °C (?)	19	21	16	16	18	11	14	14	14	16	15	17	22	17	16	16	15	14	16	15	14	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:07	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SSW	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	10	12	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SE	0.2 SSE	1.2 ESE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.3 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 E
Period (s)	9	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	7	9	11	11	15	12	16	9	9	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10

	Saturday 06					Sunday 07								Monday 08								Tue
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy	1463	1038	1074	1050	1042	1033	1082	1010	1379	1501	1779	1864	1012	1122	1049	1100	1113	1910	1757	1406	1225	1016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:32PM 1.38				7:40AM 1.20					8:14PM 1.23				8:38AM 1.08				9:16PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		1:10PM 0.36				1:36AM 0.63				1:38PM 0.44					2:35AM 0.54				2:47PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	19	18	19	19	19	13	14	16	17	16	16	14	17	15	15	12	13	14	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	19	18	19	19	19	13	13	16	17	16	16	13	17	15	15	11	12	14	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	9	9	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	11	11	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	11	13	11	11	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 06															Sunday 07
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Energy	1587	1506	1463	1030	1030	1038	1034	1000	1074	1034	1071	1050	1092	1048	1042	1095	1095	1033	1025	1008	1082	1083
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												7:32PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)						1:10PM 0.36												1:36AM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	14	18	19	19	16	15	18	17	19	19	19	19	19	21	20	19	19	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	12	14	18	19	19	16	14	18	17	19	19	19	19	19	21	20	19	19	13	13	14
Sunrise	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 WSW	1.5 ESE	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.5 SW	0.7 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	14	12	14
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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