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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	Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			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	Heaven West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	TTs West	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.3 S	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	14	13	13	13	8	8	12	13	14	13	13	16	14	14	17	16	14	13	16	13
Energy(?)	3609	562	1995	1428	1551	699	395	966	1150	1124	1176	1289	1857	2502	2495	2006	4514	4736	2579	1336	1141	744
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:45PM 1.93	4:05AM 1.82		4:15PM 1.83	4:39AM 1.72		5:19PM 2.14		5:20AM 1.72	5:38PM 1.81		6:03AM 1.61	6:14PM 1.45		6:49AM 1.32	7:15PM 1.35		7:55AM 1.10			8:57AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	9:32AM 0.22		9:58PM 0.18	10:07AM 0.21		10:32PM -0.05	11:03AM -0.10		11:13PM 0.25	11:21AM 0.33		12:05AM 0.16	12:02PM 0.46		12:45AM 0.30	12:52PM 0.37		1:36AM 0.41	2:00PM 0.53		2:29AM 0.83
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	22	20	19	24	15	30	27	17	18	17	16	17	21	18	20	20	17	21	16	22	19
Low °C	13	22	18	16	24	15	24	24	14	18	16	15	14	18	17	16	19	16	16	15	20	15
Chill °C (?)	14	22	20	19	24	15	30	27	17	18	16	16	16	21	18	20	20	16	21	16	22	19
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:48	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	5:39	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:36	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.3 S	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	0.3 SSE	1.8 ENE	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	13	14	13	13	13	11	8	12	13	12	13	13	16	14	14	17	16	14	13	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 ESE	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	-	-	0.9 SW	-	1.6 E	1.0 ESE	0.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	9	7	7	12	-	11	11	7	8	14	12	17	-	-	19	-	7	7	20	11	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSW	1.5 SE	-	2.1 E	-	1.8 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.4 NNW	0.4 WSW	-	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	6	7	-	8	-	8	8	3	3	-	6	6	6	6	-	6	-	-	-	-	4

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	8
Energy(?)	3314	3117	3153	2582	3095	1095	1192	1018	1670	1673	1428	1227	1139	1018	1283	1239	1174	1173	1122	585	989	1209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:29AM 1.80				3:40PM 1.81				4:05AM 1.82				4:21PM 1.95				4:57AM 1.69					5:20PM 2.14
Low Tide / height (m)			9:32AM 0.22				10:24PM -0.05				10:07AM 0.21				10:54PM -0.05				10:38AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	18	23	18	17	22	21	17	16	19	21	17	16	21	18	17	16	20	19	24	23
Chill °C (?)	13	13	18	23	18	17	22	21	17	16	19	21	17	16	21	18	17	16	20	19	24	23
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 ESE	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	14	13	13	8	13	13	8	9	9	12	12	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	1.6 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	6	7	7	-	6	9	7	7	7	13	7	7	13	13	13	12	12	8	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	2.3 ENE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	8

	Monday 08																					Tue
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15
Energy(?)	3378	3335	3314	3154	3924	1203	736	493	2883	3115	3060	2536	2918	2562	3041	2847	2853	2304	2244	2125	726	612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:29AM 1.80												3:39PM 1.74	4:08PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)																				9:55PM -0.05	10:26PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	13	14	13	22	22	19	19	21	21	22	20	18	18	18	22	20	18	22	22
Chill °C (?)	11	13	13	12	13	12	22	22	19	19	21	21	22	20	17	17	17	22	20	17	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.9 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.5 S	1.1 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	6	7	6	6	10	7	11	-	-	-	7	7	-	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.9 SW	-	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 ESE	1.8 SE	2.0 SE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.4 SSE	-	1.9 SE	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	-	-	5	5	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	-	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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