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 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Quissico Inhambane	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Pulpit Durban/KZN South	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.1 S	2.5 E	1.4 S	1.7 ESE	1.9 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.9 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.3 E	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	13	8	13	9	7	9	8	11	11	12	8	8	11	11	15	13	13
Energy(?)	3682	2707	4288	1481	1278	1184	1392	1025	1011	674	919	636	158	211	27	483	327	289	279	572	1261	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:08AM 1.25		2:14PM 1.38	2:20AM 1.42		2:39PM 1.57	2:51AM 1.51		3:07PM 1.67	3:19AM 1.58		3:34PM 1.93	3:47AM 1.81		3:56PM 1.90	4:16AM 1.94		4:21PM 1.87	4:34AM 1.72		4:49PM 2.03
Low Tide / height (m)		8:02AM 0.36		8:21PM 0.31	8:29AM 0.22		8:52PM 0.20	8:55AM 0.15		9:20PM 0.12	9:21AM 0.29		9:44PM 0.28	9:55AM 0.18		10:15PM 0.19	10:10AM 0.09		10:31PM 0.10	10:34AM 0.13		10:50PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	16	13	18	20	18	25	20	22	21	30	20	32	23	19	16	15	15	16	17	14
Low °C	13	14	16	12	13	18	17	20	18	21	21	26	18	22	21	16	15	15	13	16	15	11
Chill °C (?)	13	16	14	13	18	20	17	25	20	22	21	30	20	32	23	18	16	13	15	14	16	12
Sunrise	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:36	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:44	-	-	6:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 SSW	2.2 S	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	1.7 ESE	1.0 S	1.6 ENE	0.9 S	1.1 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 ENE	0.8 S	1.3 S	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	13	9	12	9	12	9	11	8	9	8	11	11	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	0.2 E	0.3 WSW	0.1 W	1.1 S	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.3 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.9 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.8 ENE	0.6 SW	0.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.9 SW	-	-
Period (s)	11	15	9	10	10	13	11	11	12	11	12	11	5	12	12	9	12	18	7	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	0.7 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 ENE	0.6 SW	1.9 ENE	1.0 S	1.9 E	-	2.0 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	-	-	1.4 S	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	12	-	4	6	8	7	4	7	5	8	-	8	5	8	-	4	-	-	6	6

	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18								Friday 19								Saturday 20
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.1 S	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	14	13	7	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	1978	3391	3042	3518	3148	3049	2707	2349	2503	2507	1772	1616	1438	2077	1278	1537	1142	1606	1448	1373	2132	1059
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:43AM 1.30					2:07PM 1.43				2:17AM 1.61				2:35PM 1.71				2:50AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)		7:49PM 0.47				7:56AM 0.34					8:21PM 0.51				8:27AM 0.24				8:50PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	17	17	14	13	14	17	16	16	15	16	15	14	19	18	19	18	16	16	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	13	17	17	13	12	13	16	15	15	15	16	15	14	19	18	19	17	16	16	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24
Sunset	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.2 ESE	1.9 ESE
Period (s)	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	14	11	11	13	13	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.5 WSW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 W	0.4 ENE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	9	9	11	11	12	15	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	13	13	10	10	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	2.2 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	6	7	8	8	8	-

	Wednesday 17									Thursday 18
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2160	3616	3616	5448	5016	5149	4812	3158	4353	4023	2931	2894	2612	1497	2618	1349	2424	2108	1966	2103	1443	1303
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												1:36AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)						7:43PM 0.45												7:55AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	18	18	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	17	12	16	12	14	15	15	16	17
Chill °C (?)	13	17	17	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	17	11	16	11	14	15	14	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:59	6:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 S
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	-	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S
Period (s)	11	16	16	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	15	15	16	15	16	15	11	10	10	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 NNE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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