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

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	Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wed
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	TTs West	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	5	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	2	2	4	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 S	3.0 SSW	1.5 S	2.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.0 S	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.2 SW	0.6 S	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	17	16	16	16	14	16	14	12	11	16	10	6	15	10	14	7	7	12	9	14
Energy(?)	409	1179	1895	1120	5645	5841	4139	1483	1586	1054	1213	4877	867	782	1822	432	1228	440	296	546	154	1363
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		2:46PM 1.49	3:01AM 1.45		3:30PM 1.71	3:31AM 1.42		3:36PM 1.41	4:25AM 1.46		4:23PM 1.84	4:55AM 1.52		5:01PM 1.45		5:29AM 1.37	5:34PM 1.38		6:07AM 1.30	6:11PM 1.29		6:59AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	8:35AM 0.31		8:54PM 0.16	9:22AM 0.27		9:22PM 0.17	9:40AM 0.50		10:14PM 0.17	10:05AM 0.34		10:43PM 0.23	10:49AM 0.57		11:16PM 0.26	11:28AM 0.40		11:49PM 0.34	12:07PM 0.47		12:31AM 0.37	12:56PM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	heavy rain	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	23	18	19	21	18	20	22	19	21	22	22	20	24	18	19	21	21	22	24	21	22
Low °C	18	21	16	18	19	17	19	22	16	20	21	19	19	23	16	19	20	21	20	22	20	20
Chill °C (?)	19	23	18	18	21	18	20	22	19	21	22	22	20	24	16	18	21	21	22	24	21	22
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:13	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:46	-	-	5:09
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:27	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	3.0 SSW	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 S	1.6 SW	0.4 NE	0.6 S	1.2 SW	0.9 E	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	16	16	16	14	16	14	8	11	16	10	16	15	10	14	6	10	12	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.1 E	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.2 E	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.7 E	0.9 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 ENE	0.1 SW	0.6 S	-
Period (s)	7	18	17	8	-	-	-	8	8	12	12	-	11	15	15	6	9	8	6	18	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 S	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SW	2.4 S	1.5 S	-	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.1 E	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	6	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	7	6	-	7	7	6	6	7

	Wednesday 19							Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	Baboon Point West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Cape St Martin West Coast	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	10	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	15	16	16	19	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	570	1059	660	503	616	1638	1314	1883	1686	3081	4296	3611	6131	6340	6196	5841	4985	3456	4139	3685	3531	1715
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:00PM 1.71				3:26AM 1.48				3:31PM 1.86				3:55AM 1.48				4:01PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			8:34AM 0.30				9:11PM 0.38				9:17AM 0.34				9:45PM 0.15				9:52AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	22	20	19	18	17	16	15	18	20	20	19	17	17	17	17	20	20	20	19	18
Chill °C (?)	15	16	22	20	19	17	17	15	14	18	20	20	18	17	17	16	17	20	20	20	19	18
Sunrise	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	10	13	13	9	12	12	15	12	15	16	16	19	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.1 NW	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	15	13	7	13	17	18	12	17	12	20	19	19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 19																					Thu
	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	Baboon Point West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Cape St Martin West Coast	The Wreck Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Brak River Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	7	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	10	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	20	9	9	13
Energy(?)	361	986	941	578	495	560	331	464	592	617	516	502	209	566	557	683	775	821	41	459	459	398
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	off	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)														3:03PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)							8:43AM 0.48													9:17PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	16	17	17	19	21	20	19	20	20	19	20	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	16	17	16	19	21	20	19	20	20	19	20	19	19	18	17	18	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	2.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	9	9	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 NW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	16	13	7	7	21	9	13	7	13	13	5	9	6	6	6	20	13	20	13	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	-	2.0 S	-	-	0.2 E	-	1.2 S	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	7	-	-	6	-	6	-	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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