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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	Mon	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Pearly Beach Overberg	Guns Swakopmund	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	7	5	6	5	5	9	9	9	9	7	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.2 SW	6.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	14	13	17	16	17	13	14	17	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	7	9
Energy(?)	829	787	1496	6300	3650	2030	2573	3562	9208	573	16669	11184	5429	4158	2542	1349	796	2135	1180	2372	406	887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:17AM 1.48	6:31PM 1.70		6:51AM 1.51	7:18PM 1.66		7:37AM 1.22		8:05PM 1.39	8:44AM 1.13		9:23PM 1.66	10:08AM 1.32		10:54PM 1.31	11:32AM 1.15		11:51PM 1.30	12:47PM 1.32		1:06AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	12:18AM 0.24	12:27PM 0.14		12:49AM 0.48	12:53PM 0.49		1:43AM 0.53	1:36PM 0.35		2:35AM 0.36		2:41PM 0.47	4:02AM 0.59		3:59PM 0.50		5:15AM 0.40	5:31PM 0.49		6:18AM 0.32	6:55PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	1	-
High °C	14	12	13	14	15	14	14	14	15	18	15	16	12	15	19	18	14	14	17	13	20	11
Low °C	12	12	13	12	11	14	12	13	15	14	14	15	11	13	18	17	13	14	14	13	16	9
Chill °C (?)	13	11	12	12	14	13	12	13	13	18	13	15	10	13	19	18	13	12	16	11	20	7
Sunrise	-	7:48	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:32	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.2 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	0.5 E	0.8 ENE	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	14	13	17	16	17	13	14	17	14	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	10	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	-	0.7 ESE	-	0.2 ESE	1.3 ENE	0.5 E	0.5 E	-
Period (s)	15	22	20	-	-	13	-	-	-	10	11	11	-	11	-	7	-	9	9	10	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	-	-	1.1 NW	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.5 N	-	0.5 SW	6.0 SW	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	-	-	1.1 WNW	-	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSE
Period (s)	3	-	-	5	-	-	4	3	-	4	16	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	-	11	7	9

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand 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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Dolphin Point Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Pearly Beach Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Guns Swakopmund	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	14	13	16	13	13
Energy(?)	2039	1702	878	829	821	1664	1664	1594	755	5284	7251	6007	5457	4978	4471	3955	4245	3060	3004	3079	3393	3672
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
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	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:09PM 1.61				6:04AM 1.57				6:26PM 1.51				6:51AM 1.51				7:11PM 1.46				7:44AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)				12:02AM 0.45				12:04PM 0.19				12:44AM 0.27				1:06PM 0.22				1:35AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	12	12	13	15	15	13	14	13	13	11	15	20	17	14	14	12	11	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	12	10	10	12	14	14	12	12	12	12	9	13	20	16	12	12	12	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48
Sunset	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	14	14	13	16	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	0.5 E	-	0.2 E	0.8 E	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	16	15	15	22	22	21	20	18	-	-	11	-	12	11	-	12	12	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 NNW	0.3 N	0.4 N	0.5 N	-	-	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	0.9 NNW	0.9 NNW	-	3.0 WSW	1.1 NW	1.0 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	-	-	4	-	-	-	4	5	-	14	5	5	-	-	-

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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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