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.

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

More forecast maps

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Africa Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Africa Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Africa Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Africa Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Africa Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Africa Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Africa Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Africa Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Africa Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Africa Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun		Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	4	3	4	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.5 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	1.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	2.4 E	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	16	14	14	13	13	9	9	7	11	11	10	8	12	7	16	14	9	9	11	12
Energy(?)	447	1091	2455	3019	2838	1210	1753	3713	1062	429	459	737	903	324	217	884	411	312	1168	1023	1933	2535
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:43PM 2.02		6:03AM 1.74	6:24PM 1.42		6:33AM 1.35	7:14PM 1.24		7:42AM 1.23		8:38PM 1.35	9:28AM 1.19		10:39PM 1.34	11:28AM 1.34		12:13AM 1.45	12:38PM 1.19		1:09AM 1.59	1:56PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 0.15	12:18PM 0.22		12:26AM 0.28	12:54PM 0.33		1:14AM 0.46		2:07PM 0.50	3:07AM 0.83		4:07PM 0.54		5:21AM 0.80	5:55PM 0.73		6:35AM 0.43	6:57PM 0.63		7:58AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	17	22	26	22	26	25	25	24	26	20	21	21	19	18	26	20	20	23	20	21	22
Low °C	20	16	17	26	20	21	23	23	23	26	18	19	20	18	18	24	19	17	21	19	19	21
Chill °C (?)	22	15	22	26	22	26	25	25	24	26	20	21	21	19	18	26	20	20	23	20	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:37	-
Sunset	6:54	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	3.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.6 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 E	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	16	14	14	13	13	9	9	14	8	11	10	8	12	11	8	8	13	9	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	7	-	13	12	-	11	9	9	10	8	8	16	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	2.5 S	1.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	-	2.2 ESE	3.0 E	0.5 W	2.0 E	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	-	2.4 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 NW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	8	6	8	8	-	9	9	3	7	-	-	-	2	-	7	3	3	9	-	-	-

	Sunday 22					Monday 23								Tuesday 24								Wed
	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 Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 S	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 E	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	12	12	16	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	9	10
Energy(?)	1881	686	556	638	642	691	1155	1994	1895	3184	3019	2236	2448	2838	2195	1875	1210	1226	1281	1177	4736	4051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- 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
High Tide / height (m)				5:46PM 1.56				5:46AM 1.51				6:17PM 1.46				6:40AM 1.61				7:16PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)		11:41AM 0.07				11:31PM 0.18				12:05PM 0.19				12:20AM 0.57				12:54PM 0.33				1:13AM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	20	20	20	17	16	17	23	25	26	20	20	20	20	21	26	25	28	23	24	26
Chill °C (?)	23	21	20	20	20	16	15	16	23	25	26	20	20	20	20	21	26	25	28	23	24	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	-	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	-	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.6 SSE	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	-	-	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.0 SE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	9	7	7	7	8	-	-	16	16	-	-	5	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 W	1.5 S	2.3 S	1.7 SSE	-	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSE	1.0 SSW	2.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	-	-	-	-	3.5 E	3.0 E
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	4	6	8	6	-	16	8	5	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	9	10

	Sunday 22															Monday 23
	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 Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	1.4 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	919	724	709	772	745	455	1447	455	791	813	512	952	455	660	681	743	762	795	869	887	692	863
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)										5:33PM 1.51												5:57AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)				11:42AM 0.06												11:35PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	20	21	23	22	22	20	20	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18
Chill °C (?)	22	20	21	23	22	22	19	20	18	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	-	1.4 SW	-	-	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	12	11	12	12	11	-	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 E	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	8	8	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	8	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	-	6	11	6	7	7	6	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-

List of all animated swell maps

Important: JavaScript support must be turned on in order to use these animated swell maps. Alternatively, visit our basic swell maps of South Africa where each view becomes a separate image.

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

Transparent overlay
	Pressure
	Wind
	None