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 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.0 SE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.3 NE	1.0 SW	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	14	14	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	16	7	7	13	12	14	16	13	14	13
Energy	1097	1596	1990	2836	1838	1874	946	1223	3077	1015	623	1136	608	564	660	675	744	1148	1097	1082	1615	1063
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:28PM 1.52	4:43AM 1.54		5:22PM 1.72		5:38AM 1.65	6:26PM 1.59		6:40AM 1.68	7:25PM 1.37		7:38AM 1.17		8:24PM 1.52	8:58AM 1.10		9:38PM 1.25	10:25AM 1.31		10:53PM 1.50	11:29AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	10:15AM -0.00		10:34PM 0.14	11:04AM 0.32		11:30PM 0.47	11:54AM 0.42		12:38AM 0.38	1:00PM 0.41		1:29AM 0.47	1:52PM 0.39		2:45AM 0.75		3:06PM 0.46	4:17AM 0.44		4:25PM 0.51		5:27AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	17	21	18	18	21	18	18	23	18	19	26	21	17	22	22	17	19	17	17	19	17	16
Low °C	15	20	17	17	21	17	17	20	17	17	19	19	17	21	20	15	18	15	16	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	21	18	18	21	17	18	23	18	19	26	21	17	22	22	17	19	17	17	19	17	16
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 S	2.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 SW	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ENE	1.0 SW	1.2 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	9	9	9	10	9	12	9	9	8	8	16	7	7	13	12	14	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.5 S	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.6 S	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	6	8	13	13	13	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	6	11	11	4	20	18	16	16	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	2.0 SE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	-	-	2.3 NE	-	1.6 ENE	1.9 NE	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	9	-	-	8	-	7	7	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.4 SSE	2.1 S	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 ESE
Period(s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	8	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8
Energy	1142	1000	1071	1020	1097	1190	1596	1699	1761	1990	1538	2175	2836	2202	1838	1422	1392	1874	1636	1178	946	1048
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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)			3:55AM 1.62				4:28PM 1.52				4:45AM 1.61					5:34PM 1.68				5:38AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	9:46PM 0.11				10:15AM -0.00				10:34PM 0.14					11:04AM 0.32				11:30PM 0.47				12:09PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	15	17	20	21	19	17	17	17	17	18	21	21	18	18	17	17	17	18	23
Chill °C (?)	16	16	14	14	16	20	21	19	16	16	17	17	18	21	21	17	18	17	17	17	18	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	2.1 S	1.9 S	2.2 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	9	13	13	10	9	9	9	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	1.0 S	0.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	6	10	8	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 S	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	-	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	-	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	8

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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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1075	1160	1142	558	1083	1000	1000	1071	1071	1070	1005	1020	1046	1070	1097	1156	1222	1190	1147	1361	1596	1660
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								3:55AM 1.62													4:28PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		9:46PM 0.11													10:15AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	17	19	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	19	20	20	21	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	19	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	19	20	20	21	21	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 ENE	0.1 W	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	11	11	5	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	10	10	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.3 NE	1.7 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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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