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

	Wed		Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	3	4	4	8	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.1 SW	1.4 ESE	1.1 SW	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 S	1.5 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 S	1.4 ESE	1.8 SSE	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	9	10	8	12	12	8	16	10	15	8	9	9	12	12	13	11	12	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	10	560	553	484	513	501	973	1525	628	1014	1891	408	648	431	483	647	663	761	2768	2961	1528	5240
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:52AM 1.45		2:14PM 1.51	2:49AM 1.76		3:01PM 1.63	3:37AM 1.87		3:51PM 1.62	4:15AM 1.63		4:32PM 1.62	5:00AM 1.62		5:11PM 1.62		5:35AM 1.78	5:46PM 1.64		6:17AM 1.92	6:22PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)	7:10PM 0.18		7:54AM 0.33		8:38PM 0.41	8:50AM 0.22		9:24PM 0.30	9:37AM 0.14		10:03PM 0.03	10:23AM 0.12		10:44PM 0.02	11:05AM 0.13		11:20PM 0.05	11:46AM 0.20		11:55PM 0.08	12:23PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	22	22	23	21	22	24	20	23	22	19	23	24	20	23	24	21	23	24	21	26	25
Low °C	25	20	21	22	19	21	23	18	22	22	18	21	23	18	20	23	18	22	22	20	24	21
Chill °C (?)	26	22	22	23	21	22	24	20	23	22	18	23	24	19	23	24	21	23	24	21	26	25
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:01	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:05	-
Sunset	7:16	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:35	-	-	6:52	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	1.4 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 E	1.5 WSW	1.8 ESE	1.3 E	1.5 WSW	1.4 ESE	0.5 E	1.2 SW	1.1 ESE	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	8	12	12	9	16	10	10	13	9	12	12	10	13	11	12	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSE	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	0.1 E	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	1.0 SW	0.2 WNW	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	16	11	10	7	9	8	18	11	11	15	14	14	11	13	12	15	10	10	10	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ENE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.4 S	1.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 S	-	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	-	1.1 S	-	1.2 SW	-	-	1.5 SSW	-
Period (s)	8	5	-	-	-	-	8	8	4	4	8	-	9	6	-	5	-	12	-	-	8	-

	Wednesday 31					Thursday 01								Friday 02								Sat
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sharks Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.5 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.7 E	1.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.1 SW	1.1 E	0.9 SW	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	11	9	8	8	8	8	11	8	10	8	13	8	8	8	9	9	12	12	12	9	8	8
Energy(?)	343	443	604	1132	880	516	508	648	553	470	621	634	633	509	688	1028	501	521	525	744	1147	1188
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:11PM 1.58				1:56AM 1.29					2:09PM 1.55				2:48AM 1.41				2:59PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)				7:45PM 0.29				7:59AM 0.54					8:38PM 0.19				8:48AM 0.23				9:24PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	risk thund- der	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	24	25	23	22	22	20	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	23	22	23	22	23	21	20
Chill °C (?)	24	24	25	23	22	22	20	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	23	22	23	22	23	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.5 ESE	0.1 SW	1.7 E	1.7 ENE	1.7 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	10	9	11	8	8	8	9	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	12	9	8	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 E	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.9 E	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	11	12	16	11	12	13	11	16	10	11	10	11	13	13	13	13	8	12	12	14	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.1 ENE	0.3 WSW	-	1.9 ENE	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	2.1 S	2.1 S
Period (s)	4	-	8	8	8	2	-	8	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8

	Wednesday 31															Thursday 01
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sharks Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	1.6 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	0.1 SW	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	1.5 ESE	0.1 SW	1.5 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 E	1.4 E	0.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	9	8	8	7	11	9	7	9	11	8	16	15	14	8	8	11	11	11	8	8	15
Energy(?)	322	423	574	1086	360	5	434	471	433	10	452	24	22	23	522	412	409	435	430	261	467	32
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:17PM 1.42												1:52AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)												7:45PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	22	25	27	25	25	25	24	22	25	22	24	23	23	22	22	20	20	20	21	20	21
Chill °C (?)	23	22	25	27	25	25	25	24	22	25	22	24	23	23	22	22	20	20	20	21	20	21
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.6 ESE	0.1 SW	1.7 E	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.5 E	0.1 S	1.5 ESE	0.1 SW	1.5 ESE	2.0 E	1.9 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	10	9	12	9	12	11	9	12	9	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.5 WSW	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	-	0.7 WSW	-	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	9	-	11	9	-	10	-	12	16	12	16	15	14	14	16	11	11	11	8	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	2.1 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	0.7 W	2.1 ENE	0.5 WSW	2.2 ENE	0.5 WSW	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 NNE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE
Period (s)	4	-	8	8	7	8	4	7	3	8	3	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	4	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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