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

	Thu		Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kleinmond Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	6	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	7	5	5	7
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	0.9 S	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	5.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 S
Period(s)	13	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12
Energy	2275	5175	3305	3027	3036	1739	2004	1290	386	1413	1745	1283	1563	1282	2329	1563	3513	2242	17635	6857	4095	3670
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:41PM 1.72	3:07AM 2.00		3:37PM 1.52	3:44AM 1.63		4:07PM 1.49	4:16AM 1.57		4:32PM 1.80	4:41AM 1.53		5:02PM 1.43		5:09AM 1.46	5:33PM 1.36		5:34AM 1.69	5:55PM 1.20		6:01AM 1.40	6:44PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		9:01PM 0.28	9:29AM 0.13		9:34PM 0.19	9:57AM 0.12		10:05PM 0.17	10:24AM 0.15		10:31PM 0.25	10:50AM 0.38		11:00PM 0.31	11:22AM 0.27		11:32PM 0.39	11:45AM 0.50		11:54PM 0.50	12:14PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	clear	clear	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	2	4	2	7	-	-	4	9	5	-
High °C	20	17	19	20	16	18	17	17	20	23	18	17	17	16	15	19	16	22	16	16	16	24
Low °C	19	14	14	18	15	17	16	16	18	21	16	16	16	15	15	16	14	14	15	14	16	22
Chill °C (?)	20	17	19	20	16	17	16	17	20	23	18	16	16	15	14	19	14	22	14	15	15	24
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	5:39	-	-	5:38	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:15
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 W	2.0 WSW	0.9 S	1.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 W	1.4 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 SSE	5.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.0 SE	2.1 S
Period (s)	13	15	14	13	12	11	11	11	10	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	0.3 ENE	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.4 S	1.3 SE
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	16	10	10	13	12	12	11	11	8	8	18	15	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 NW	1.5 NNW	-	-	2.0 W	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	2.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	0.6 NW	4.5 S	3.5 SSW	-	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	10	-	4	-	-	-	12	8	4	13	11	-	12

	Thursday 30					Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sun
	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	Arniston Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Kleinmond Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 W	2.5 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	12	18	17	17	16	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	10
Energy	1220	3374	3395	5063	5532	5175	3376	3070	3313	1853	3019	1505	3068	3036	3280	3628	3819	1116	3671	2926	1389	1256
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:06PM 1.60				3:21AM 1.62				3:37PM 1.52				3:44AM 1.63				3:42PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	8:39AM 0.16				9:05PM 0.20				9:31AM 0.11				9:34PM 0.19				9:57AM 0.12				9:44PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	18	17	17	16	15	18	19	19	20	18	17	15	15	15	17	24	25	19	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	16	18	17	17	15	14	18	19	19	20	18	17	15	15	14	17	24	25	19	17	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 W	2.2 W	2.1 W	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	18	17	17	16	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	16	16	15	12	11	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 W	2.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	11	-	-

	Thursday 30															Friday 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	Arniston Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Kleinmond Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SW	1.7 SSE	1.4 SW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	14	12	13	12	12	13	17	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy	1066	1191	1447	1561	1584	1468	1106	987	2275	3767	5106	2886	5238	5617	5532	5446	5273	3247	2704	2690	2180	2147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	glass	on	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:12PM 1.47											2:47AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	8:39AM 0.16													9:05PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	18	20	20	20	24	25	19	16	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	16	18	20	20	20	24	25	19	16	17	18	15	15	15	16	16	13	13	12	14	14
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	17	17	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	14	10	13	14	14	13	15	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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