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

	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			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	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Arniston Overberg	Hell West Coast	Groenvlei Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	5	4	6	9	8	9	5	4	4	5	4	3	5	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	6.5 SE	4.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.3 SE	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SE	3.0 S	2.2 SE	1.5 WSW	1.8 SE	1.0 SSE	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	10	12	12	13	13	12	14	11	10	6	12	13
Energy	3203	1772	1433	1403	2479	1114	11331	4845	2013	1675	4980	7778	9178	4433	2522	1729	918	1287	476	571	4843	906
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:01PM 1.49	4:49AM 1.33	5:09AM 1.46	5:17PM 1.26		5:23AM 1.24	5:56PM 1.19		6:01AM 1.40	6:44PM 1.40		6:50AM 1.31	7:44PM 1.36		8:16AM 1.11		9:10PM 1.09	9:38AM 1.01		10:56PM 1.19	11:22AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 0.22		10:44PM 0.34	11:22AM 0.27		11:17PM 0.41	11:38AM 0.36		11:58PM 0.52	12:14PM 0.65		12:47AM 0.63	1:06PM 0.73		1:59AM 0.62		2:23PM 0.58	3:35AM 0.61		3:46PM 0.54		5:19AM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	-	2	-	1	85	26	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	15	17	17	15	18	21	22	22	19	20	18	19	16	15	18	23	27	21	22
Low °C	17	17	14	12	17	15	13	17	17	16	22	16	17	16	17	13	15	12	18	22	13	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	14	17	16	15	17	21	22	22	19	20	17	19	16	13	18	23	27	21	22
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:46	-	-	6:43
Sunset	-	6:02	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:32	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:20	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 WSW	4.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 SE	3.0 S	2.2 SE	1.5 WSW	1.8 SE	1.0 SSE	0.9 ENE	2.4 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	13	13	12	14	11	10	8	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 NE	1.9 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 SW	0.2 S	1.0 SW	1.0 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	12	16	16	7	8	11	10	15	12	9	14	8	14	8	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.4 WSW	-	-	-	-	2.4 E	6.5 SE	-	-	1.8 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	0.5 W	1.1 NW	1.2 WSW	0.6 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	1.5 NE
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	7	11	-	-	8	10	12	12	-	-	3	4	5	4	6	12	9

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	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Hell West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 S	3.0 SSE	6.5 SE	7.0 SE
Period(s)	15	14	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Energy	1016	1339	1237	1123	3203	3035	1256	1009	1528	1433	1561	1061	1433	2149	2479	1214	3113	2091	1691	3576	11331	13973
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:18AM 1.40				4:43PM 1.33				4:51AM 1.57					5:20PM 1.38				5:22AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	10:30PM 0.27				10:33AM 0.22				10:46PM 0.36					11:02AM 0.50				11:18PM 0.41				11:54AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	10	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	3	6	4
Temp. °C	19	18	17	18	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	14	15	15	15	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	19	18	16	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 WSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	14	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 W	0.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 WSW	0.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	20	11	11	11	18	11	12	12	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.6 WSW	-	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSE	6.5 SE	7.0 SE
Period (s)	-	-	13	-	13	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	12

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Hell West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	5	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 SSW
Period(s)	10	15	14	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	9	11	12
Energy	915	958	1042	943	1062	1062	1062	2114	2115	3647	3519	876	1906	1935	1783	854	1832	1683	1657	429	1153	313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									4:20AM 1.45													5:02PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			10:13PM 0.28												10:33AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	1	3	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	21	20	18	24	18	17	17	17	15	17	17	15	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	20	19
Chill °C (?)	21	20	17	24	17	16	16	16	13	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	18	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.8 SSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 W	2.4 WSW	1.6 W	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.6 W	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	14	10	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	10	13	13	13	9	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	14	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 NNW	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	2.1 WSW	-	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	4	4	3	-	4	4	4	13	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4

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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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