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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	Wed		Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	1	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.3 SE	0.7 SW	2.0 ESE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	1.8 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	7	8	7	7	8	16	7	14	13	8	15	14	13	18	8	16	15	14	14
Energy(?)	1119	892	579	735	638	153	490	883	415	731	716	711	2072	987	988	656	1349	653	759	790	1096	1309
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:47PM 1.81	3:19AM 1.68		4:00PM 2.12	4:01AM 1.57		4:15PM 1.70	4:45AM 1.50		5:03PM 1.56		5:34AM 1.40	5:52PM 1.35		6:31AM 1.30	6:56PM 1.21		7:22AM 1.43	7:47PM 1.38	8:16PM 1.21	9:25AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		9:08PM -0.11	9:20AM 0.04		9:50PM -0.08	10:05AM 0.09		10:33PM 0.01	10:51AM 0.16		11:19PM 0.13	11:43AM 0.28		12:10AM 0.27	12:46PM 0.40		1:14AM 0.66	1:32PM 0.65		2:39AM 0.61		4:04PM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	mod. rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8
High °C	23	20	23	27	20	19	28	22	18	24	23	24	24	25	24	21	18	25	22	19	16	17
Low °C	21	17	18	26	15	18	26	18	16	23	19	20	22	20	23	20	16	22	21	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	23	20	23	27	19	19	28	22	18	24	23	24	24	25	24	21	18	25	22	19	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:16	-
Sunset	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 ESE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 E	1.0 SW	1.4 S	1.3 S	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	11	7	10	10	16	16	14	13	13	15	8	13	12	8	16	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 ENE	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SE	1.3 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.9 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	14	23	23	21	20	8	18	18	10	10	-	-	-	6	14	20	18	13	8	15	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	1.7 SSE	2.3 SE	0.5 N	2.0 ESE	2.1 SE	1.5 SE	3.5 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	-	1.0 WSW	-	1.1 ESE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	8	7	8	-	7	8	4	7	7	7	8	6	-	4	4	-	6	-	5	14

	Wednesday 05					Thursday 06								Friday 07								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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Mtunzini KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 SW	2.3 S	2.0 S	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.7 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SE	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	7	13	8	8	12	12	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1516	1058	615	533	1055	1318	1048	1043	579	773	735	596	550	841	825	1154	1234	224	113	1104	1072	1096
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:47PM 1.74				3:19AM 1.68				3:29PM 1.71				4:01AM 1.57				4:38PM 2.06
Low Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 0.06				9:08PM -0.11				9:20AM 0.04				9:50PM -0.08				10:07AM 0.33				10:53PM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	23	18	20	18	18	16	18	23	24	26	22	18	15	15	20	23	19	20	18	17	19
Chill °C (?)	20	23	17	20	17	18	15	17	23	24	26	22	17	14	14	20	23	19	20	17	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SSE	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	7	13	12	12	7	12	12	11	11	11	8	8	9	8	7	7	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 ESE	0.6 E	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	24	11	23	12	23	22	21	21	21	11	11	11	11	7	7	18	18	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.9 SSE	1.4 S	1.9 S	2.3 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 S	2.1 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SE	0.7 ESE	-	3.0 E	3.0 ESE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	8	7	-	8	8	8

	Wednesday 05															Thursday 06
	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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Mtunzini KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	3	0	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	2	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 S	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 S	1.4 SW	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	7	13	13	13	13	13	8	12	6	6	11	11	12
Energy(?)	1469	1543	407	564	847	1058	994	952	920	1109	1095	1158	1120	1082	1055	1623	1067	188	99	417	416	892
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:47PM 1.81													3:40AM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)	8:38AM 0.06													9:08PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	22	23	23	23	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	19	19	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	22	23	23	23	21	20	20	20	20	20	18	17	17	17	19	19	16	16	16
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	0.5 E	0.8 SSE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	6	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 S	0.5 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	8	15	15	14	14	14	14	24	24	24	24	24	11	24	12	8	13	13	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.0 S	-	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	6	8	6	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	6	-	6	6	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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