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

	Mon	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 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	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Muizenberg Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Tongaat KZN North	Baboon Point West Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	1	2	4	3	3	4	4	5	6	5	4	4	2	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSE	0.8 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.1 SW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	8	7	13	13	18	16	16	16	14	16	14	12	8	7	12	17	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	215	272	960	1100	420	868	379	1923	4912	5965	4139	1651	674	542	1089	939	769	762	994	1460	1305	1030
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:01AM 1.32		2:31PM 1.66	2:31AM 1.37		2:34PM 1.50	3:26AM 1.77		3:31PM 1.64	3:53AM 1.58		3:36PM 1.55	4:03AM 1.36		4:10PM 1.43	4:54AM 1.55		4:41PM 1.36		5:12AM 1.28	5:34PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		8:01AM 0.31		8:24PM 0.16	8:32AM 0.28		9:23PM 0.33	9:22AM 0.27		9:44PM 0.17	9:51AM 0.28		9:52PM 0.18	10:23AM 0.28		10:42PM 0.24	10:53AM 0.37		10:55PM 0.27	11:13AM 0.41		11:51PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	5	1	-	-
High °C	20	20	19	17	19	23	18	19	21	18	21	23	21	22	17	22	26	21	19	20	20	18
Low °C	17	18	18	15	18	22	17	18	19	17	20	22	20	18	16	17	23	20	19	19	20	16
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	15	19	23	18	19	21	18	21	23	21	22	17	22	26	21	19	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	5:11	-	-	5:13	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:30	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:06	-	-	6:27	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:08	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.5 S	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	9	6	16	13	13	13	13	12	16	16	14	16	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 ENE	-	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	-	0.9 WSW	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 S
Period (s)	8	10	14	13	6	18	18	16	19	-	-	7	7	-	16	19	-	17	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ENE	-	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	-	1.9 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.3 ENE	0.5 WSW	-	-	-	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	4	-	8	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	7	6	3	-	-	-	5

	Monday 17			Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	1.5 S	2.0 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.6 SW	2.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	6	8	18	8	9	10	16	15	15	8	13	14	13	13	13	12	16	15	12	12
Energy(?)	559	513	549	523	556	914	84	224	437	582	676	1024	597	678	764	520	545	1590	1871	1804	1604	1713
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	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)					2:01AM 1.33				2:31PM 1.62				2:31AM 1.37				3:00PM 1.71				3:26AM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		7:55PM 0.20	8:22PM 0.25				8:27AM 0.43				8:49PM 0.20				8:34AM 0.30				8:53PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	23	16	16	15	17	20	20	20	19	18	16	15	18	23	20	19	18	18	16	15	19
Chill °C (?)	21	23	15	15	14	16	20	20	20	19	18	16	14	18	23	20	19	17	18	15	15	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05
Sunset	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	15	8	13	14	13	13	9	12	16	15	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 SE	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 ESE	0.8 SW	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	0.3 NW	0.4 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	9	18	18	17	8	6	16	15	6	14	13	6	13	6	13	17	12	12	17	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	1.5 S	2.0 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 S	2.1 S	0.9 ENE	-	-	1.0 SE	-	-	1.4 S	-	1.7 S	-	-	-	1.7 S	1.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	6	8	8	8	4	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	6	6	-	-

	Monday 17									Tuesday 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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	The Wreck Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 SW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 SW	2.1 S	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	8	11	8	8	9	9	11	11	6	6	9	8	11	8	10	18	16	16	16	11	10
Energy(?)	508	512	661	537	542	653	205	594	584	521	503	418	497	466	904	495	595	401	406	451	342	294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												1:59AM 1.49	2:01AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)						7:56PM 0.21	8:27PM 0.43												8:01AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	26	19	25	24	22	19	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	26	18	25	24	22	19	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	15	16	17	16	17	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	9	10	11	10	6	6	10	10	16	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 S	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	16	13	9	13	13	13	8	8	8	9	9	11	18	8	18	10	10	16	16	10	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SSE	1.4 S	2.0 ESE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 S	-	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	-	1.4 S	1.2 E	2.1 S	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.7 SSE	1.4 S	1.5 S	-	-
Period (s)	7	8	6	8	8	9	-	6	6	6	6	-	8	6	8	6	6	8	6	6	-	-

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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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