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 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13
	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	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Infanta Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Arniston Overberg	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lucien Durban/KZN South	Robberg Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	5	6	8	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	5	3	3	6	3	3	7	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	4.0 SE	5.0 SE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SE	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 SW	1.1 ENE	1.5 SSW	4.0 WSW	1.1 SSW	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	11	13	12	10	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	9	13	12	14	12	12	13	12	12	11
Energy	1607	5481	7601	2711	4565	5996	4954	1611	1932	786	348	711	301	890	4949	643	5521	5805	8696	4676	6772	1729
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:12AM 1.27	6:56PM 1.46		6:53AM 1.16	7:38PM 1.21		8:05AM 1.34		9:24PM 1.20	9:49AM 1.13		10:53PM 1.28	11:25AM 1.17		12:06AM 1.54	12:24PM 1.31		12:47AM 1.47	1:15PM 1.34		1:31AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)	12:05AM 0.46	12:31PM 0.43		12:49AM 0.56	1:21PM 0.50		1:44AM 0.69		2:22PM 0.74	3:45AM 0.72		4:07PM 0.61		5:19AM 0.68	5:33PM 0.56		6:19AM 0.47	6:30PM 0.41		7:10AM 0.30	7:16PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	6	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	16	22	16	16	14	23	17	19	23	18	23	23	19	24	23	16	14	14	15	14
Low °C	15	15	16	18	14	16	13	18	16	17	17	14	19	19	16	21	19	15	13	14	15	12
Chill °C (?)	17	15	15	22	15	14	13	23	17	19	23	17	23	23	18	24	23	14	11	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	7:16	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:32	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	4.0 SE	5.0 SE	2.2 S	3.5 SE	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 SW	1.1 ENE	1.5 SSW	0.4 N	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.1 SE	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.8 S	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	13	12	10	12	13	13	13	12	11	11	13	9	13	5	14	13	12	13	12	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 NE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SE	1.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 ENE	0.3 ESE	1.1 SE	0.6 SSE	0.7 NE	0.4 SE	1.0 ENE	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	2.1 S	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	7	12	15	10	10	13	16	12	14	5	8	11	10	10	12	8	8	-	-	-	10	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.5 N	-	1.2 NE	0.8 ENE	3.0 WSW	1.4 SW	0.7 WNW	4.0 WSW	0.8 NW	4.0 SW	4.5 WSW	-	-	4.0 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	3	-	5	6	8	8	4	12	4	12	12	-	-	12	-

	Wednesday 06			Thursday 07								Friday 08								Saturday 09
	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	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Cape Infanta Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Cave Rock Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	9	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	8	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	9	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SE	5.5 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SE	4.5 S	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	13	13	13	12
Energy	5400	10025	8193	5613	3300	1267	1018	6372	4514	7002	6405	5859	5593	6939	7120	6187	5443	10125	5642	5115	3461	3904
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	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	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:06PM 1.28				6:11AM 1.39				6:51PM 1.28				6:51AM 1.29				7:44PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)				12:06AM 0.46				12:22PM 0.60				12:53AM 0.63				1:10PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	14	15	14	14	18	24	17	16	15	14	14	14	18	21	21	16	18	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	17	14	15	12	13	18	24	16	15	14	14	13	13	18	21	21	16	18	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00
Sunset	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SE	5.5 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	4.5 SE	3.5 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.5 SE	3.5 S	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.6 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SW	0.5 E	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 E	1.4 SW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	7	7	16	14	15	14	13	13	10	17	16	16	10	16	16	9	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	4.5 S	-	-	-	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	4	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	-	12	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 06									Thursday 07
	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	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Cape Infanta Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Cave Rock Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	6	9	7	6	5	4	4	5	5	8	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	9	6	6	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SE	7.0 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	5.5 SE	4.0 SE	6.5 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	6.0 SE	2.5 SE	6.5 S	6.5 S	3.0 SE	6.5 S
Period(s)	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	13	11	12	12	11	12
Energy	4573	26283	7747	6395	4680	1289	1406	17533	5259	25483	11762	11073	11070	1398	1544	1301	11023	1655	17344	16745	2560	14151
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					6:06PM 1.26												6:13AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)											12:06AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	3	-	2	3	-	3
High °C	21	16	16	16	17	18	18	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	16	15	19	15	15	19	15
Chill °C (?)	21	16	15	15	16	17	18	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	13	16	13	18	12	12	18	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SE	6.0 SE	5.0 SE	4.5 SE	4.0 SE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	5.0 SE	0.4 SW	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	6.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SE	2.3 SSE	6.0 SE	2.5 SE	3.0 SSE	2.5 ESE	3.0 SE	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	13	11	13	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	1.0 NE	0.9 NE	0.4 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 NE	0.6 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	3.0 ESE	3.0 ESE	0.7 SSE	0.3 SW
Period (s)	16	15	16	16	16	6	6	14	11	14	14	13	13	7	7	8	13	15	12	12	13	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	7.0 SE	-	-	0.8 NNW	0.5 S	0.5 S	5.5 SE	4.0 SE	6.5 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW	6.5 S	6.5 S	1.3 WSW	6.5 S
Period (s)	-	13	-	-	4	4	4	13	12	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	12	12	5	12

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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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