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

	Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.4 ENE	1.0 SW	0.5 S	2.5 S	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.8 E	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	9	13	6	11	11	13	10	10	8	10	11	7	13	12	6	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	458	562	939	378	246	849	524	506	294	390	946	280	114	1457	1307	1348	379	2446	1105	1808	1825	491
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:17PM 1.17		7:40AM 1.14			8:33AM 1.09		9:56PM 0.92	10:42AM 1.00		12:12AM 0.97	12:21PM 1.04		2:05AM 1.06	1:57PM 1.28		2:37AM 1.52		2:33PM 1.36	2:56AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	1:20PM 0.74		1:21AM 0.46		2:06PM 0.56	1:53AM 0.69		3:34PM 0.63	3:43AM 0.75		5:57PM 0.64		6:23AM 0.67	7:46PM 0.62		7:54AM 0.63		8:27PM 0.73	8:19AM 0.73		8:47PM 0.32	9:08AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	4	-	8	2	-	-	3	2	-	4	-	1	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	25	26	27	22	24	27	24	29	28	24	24	20	20	24	26	22	24	22	19	22
Low °C	23	21	20	23	27	21	23	25	22	25	27	22	24	20	19	21	24	20	22	21	17	18
Chill °C (?)	23	21	25	26	27	22	24	27	24	29	28	24	24	20	20	24	26	22	24	22	19	22
Sunrise	5:45	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:41	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:39	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	1.8 ESE	1.4 SE	1.2 E	1.0 S	1.1 ENE	0.6 S	1.0 SW	1.1 ENE	1.3 SW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	13	13	6	14	8	7	8	6	8	13	10	8	14	13	12	13	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 S	0.5 S	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.9 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	-	12	13	7	11	11	13	10	10	10	5	11	16	13	12	14	13	8	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	-	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	-	0.7 S	2.5 S	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.8 E	1.1 ESE	0.9 SW	1.9 SSE	-	1.2 SE
Period (s)	8	7	9	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	5	7	6	5	6	5	4	7	-	7

	Sat	Sunday 08								Monday 09								Tuesday 10
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Hell West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Keurbooms Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 ENE	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 ESE	1.1 SSW	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ESE	1.5 SSW	2.1 SE	1.1 S
Period(s) (?)	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	9	9	9	7	13	7	7	7	8	11	7	13
Energy(?)	227	331	232	456	492	439	404	827	624	1001	1099	1097	868	752	577	1371	1413	1006	1273	1084	1158	581
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	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)				7:00AM 1.27				7:22PM 1.07				7:42AM 1.15				7:53PM 1.08					8:28AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)		12:50AM 0.35				1:22PM 0.52				1:15AM 0.53				1:59PM 0.65				1:50AM 0.80
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	2	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	2	-	10	-
Temp. °C	22	23	25	19	25	21	20	25	21	21	17	18	24	22	26	23	22	25	22	22	22	28
Chill °C (?)	22	23	25	19	25	21	20	25	21	21	17	18	24	22	26	23	22	25	22	22	22	28
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 ENE	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 NW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.2 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	9	9	13	9	9	9	10	13	7	7	8	8	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 SW	0.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	-	0.7 SE	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S
Period (s)	8	4	9	12	14	12	5	13	11	-	13	13	13	-	6	10	10	13	11	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	-	1.1 ENE	0.4 SE	0.9 SSE	0.7 ESE	0.7 E	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	2.5 SSW	-	-	1.6 SSE	2.1 ESE	0.8 ENE	2.3 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.1 ENE	2.1 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 SE	-
Period (s)	5	-	6	4	4	8	6	7	7	8	-	-	7	7	9	7	7	7	8	7	7	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Hell West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Keurbooms Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 ESE	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ENE
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	7	10	10	10	7
Energy(?)	267	402	115	327	322	483	329	312	296	333	278	347	456	336	86	377	102	135	337	466	496	117
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)												7:01AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)					12:39AM 0.40													1:19PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	2	-	-
High °C	22	24	25	19	19	21	23	19	19	19	18	19	21	22	28	21	23	27	21	20	21	27
Chill °C (?)	22	24	25	19	19	21	23	19	19	18	18	18	21	22	28	21	23	27	21	20	21	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 E	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	6	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10	7	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 SW	0.3 E	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 E
Period (s)	5	4	9	15	15	8	6	15	15	15	14	14	12	8	7	11	5	8	8	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSE	-	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.2 ESE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	0.5 SE	0.8 ESE	1.3 ESE	-
Period (s)	4	5	-	3	4	5	4	4	9	5	5	5	4	5	-	8	8	-	4	5	5	-

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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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