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

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	Fri		Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	12	11	14	13	12	12	15
Energy(?)	4745	1343	2595	2180	1962	1299	2650	3956	2662	2204	1928	1913	1773	1526	735	1968	3014	4932	4107	1807	2370	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	6:37PM 1.46		6:49AM 1.17	7:08PM 1.22		7:22AM 1.05		8:06PM 1.02	9:35AM 0.90		10:17PM 0.97	11:51AM 0.97		11:59PM 1.05	12:52PM 1.34		12:55AM 1.19	1:28PM 1.25	2:02PM 1.42	2:08AM 1.72
Low Tide / height (m)		12:44AM 0.46	12:51PM 0.50		1:39AM 0.76	1:26PM 0.64		2:52AM 0.64		3:26PM 0.72		5:27AM 0.61	6:01PM 0.67		6:27AM 0.72	6:57PM 0.73		7:17AM 0.36		8:03PM 0.61	7:50AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	15	14	16	14	15	15	13	15	18	16	23	17	20	14	19	16	18	17	13	20	24
Low °C	17	14	14	15	13	14	15	12	12	18	15	16	16	15	12	16	15	14	17	13	15	23
Chill °C (?)	17	14	14	16	14	14	14	10	15	18	16	23	16	20	12	18	14	18	16	11	20	24
Sunrise	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-
Sunset	5:59	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	0.8 E	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	8	11	14	13	12	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.5 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.3 WNW	1.3 E	0.2 WNW	0.9 E	1.5 SW	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	24	16	16	12	6	19	18	18	18	7	8	16	8	15	8	14	9	8	13	11	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	2.1 E	-	-	0.6 W	0.4 NW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	1.9 S	1.3 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	6	7	-	-	3	3	12	-	-	-	6	5	-

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	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	5152	3720	4849	4730	3028	3792	3001	1198	1070	1723	2462	2077	2205	1842	1756	1621	1622	1521	1643	1715	3694	3453
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:40PM 1.35				6:49AM 1.07				7:06PM 1.12				7:51AM 1.21					8:13PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		12:10PM 0.42				12:53AM 0.46				12:41PM 0.53				1:28AM 0.56				1:27PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	15	17	15	15	14	13	13	13	15	17	16	15	13	13
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	15	17	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	17	15	15	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	-	-	11	24	10	23	18	16	16	15	15	14	12	12	12	12	19	7	7	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-

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	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	4595	4033	3173	3634	4950	4095	4951	2090	2061	3051	4215	3469	3420	3072	3028	2985	2985	2127	2652	1845	2692	2505
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)											6:28PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)					12:16PM 0.63												12:43AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	17	18	16	17	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	17	18	16	17	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	15	13	13	13	16	14	14
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.3 SE	0.3 S	0.1 S	0.3 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	9	8	9	8	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	24	24	24	24	11	11	23	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-

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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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