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

	Fri	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s)	13	12	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	16	16	14
Energy	3613	2256	1074	1025	1030	1597	908	1216	1087	1226	1076	1128	1197	1557	1015	1157	1013	861	1145	605	591	572
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)	2:31AM 1.88		3:24PM 1.88	3:08AM 1.66		3:43PM 1.62	3:55AM 1.62		4:28PM 1.52	4:43AM 1.54	5:04AM 2.00	5:34PM 1.68		5:52AM 1.52	6:26PM 1.46		6:45AM 1.68	7:27PM 1.68		7:40AM 1.40		8:23PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	8:19PM 0.37	8:51AM 0.21		8:59PM 0.10	9:28AM -0.04		9:45PM 0.10	10:15AM -0.00		10:34PM 0.14	11:15AM 0.24		11:41PM 0.23	12:08PM 0.20		12:36AM 0.35	12:52PM 0.50		1:44AM 0.50	1:58PM 0.64	2:04PM 0.46	2:55AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	22	19	23	20	16	18	20	17	17	18	18	19	19	16	17	18	16	15	16	16
Low °C	15	15	22	16	21	19	15	15	20	16	16	18	17	17	17	16	16	17	14	14	15	14
Chill °C (?)	17	16	22	19	23	20	15	18	20	16	17	18	18	19	19	16	17	18	16	14	16	16
Sunrise	-	7:31	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.6 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.0 SE	1.7 SE	0.9 SW	1.2 SE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	14	13	13	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	9	9	9	8	16	8	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.0 S	1.7 S	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.5 S	-	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.3 S	-	0.4 SE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	7	12	11	-	10	10	10	-	15	14	13	13	17	12	14	13	12	10	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.2 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	2.0 S	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	-	-	-	1.9 SE	1.0 SSE	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	11	6	6	6	9	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	6	-	5

	Friday 15			Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Heaven West Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Blouberg Cape Town
Rating	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 S	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	14
Energy	5737	5303	3923	3613	3178	3125	2256	1803	1074	1248	1334	1025	1088	1026	1030	1487	1597	1011	1147	908	515	1107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:14PM 1.47				2:31AM 1.88				3:24PM 1.88				3:09AM 1.73				3:43PM 1.62				4:23AM 1.85
Low Tide / height (m)			8:13PM 0.14				8:51AM 0.21				8:59PM 0.10				9:28AM -0.04				9:46PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	20	22	21	18	18	19	18	23	20	19	16	17	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	14	14	16	20	22	21	18	18	19	18	23	20	18	16	16	15	17	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 ENE	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	6	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.5 S	-	-	1.0 S	-	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	7	7	12	12	12	11	11	-	-	10	-	10	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 S	-	-	0.8 S	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.8 S	0.2 ESE	2.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 NE	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	11	11	3	7	6	6	6

	Friday 15									Saturday 16
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s)	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12
Energy	6404	6101	5737	5941	5498	5303	5054	4151	3923	3832	3593	3613	3465	3196	3178	3063	3163	3125	3447	3403	2256	2078
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:41PM 1.54												2:31AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)							8:13PM 0.15													9:16AM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	16	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14	14	14	17	17	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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