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

	Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thu
	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	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	9	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	6.0 SSW
Period(s)	15	16	15	14	15	13	12	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12
Energy	8408	6051	6068	5077	1208	2063	1249	1311	786	1154	1167	550	674	1428	1244	1018	1839	1400	1117	1126	1237	9659
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:45PM 1.26	2:09PM 1.42	2:18AM 1.48		2:48PM 1.34	2:22AM 1.39		3:16PM 1.42	3:02AM 1.63		3:50PM 1.43	3:33AM 1.61		3:59PM 1.34	4:04AM 1.36		4:55PM 1.40	4:39AM 1.31		5:11PM 1.30		5:36AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			8:06PM 0.37	8:38AM 0.25		8:21PM 0.34	8:44AM 0.20		8:54PM 0.57	9:39AM 0.21		9:27PM 0.57	9:48AM 0.21		10:02PM 0.33	10:31AM 0.35		10:37PM 0.36	10:54AM 0.26		11:14PM 0.40	11:51AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	heavy rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	18
High °C	16	19	17	17	19	16	17	19	16	21	24	18	18	18	17	16	17	15	16	18	15	13
Low °C	16	17	16	16	19	15	15	18	15	17	24	16	16	18	16	16	17	14	14	17	14	13
Chill °C (?)	15	19	17	17	19	16	17	19	15	21	24	18	18	18	17	16	16	14	15	18	14	11
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:43	-	-	6:54
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:08	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	-
Period (s)	15	16	15	14	15	13	12	13	12	12	13	11	11	12	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	-	0.9 ESE	0.5 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 E	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.9 SW	0.4 E	0.4 SW	1.1 W	0.8 W	0.6 W	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	12	8	13	13	14	8	14	11	11	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.1 S	-	6.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	7	4	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	-	12

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	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	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy	6229	6355	7559	8064	8408	8408	6051	6168	6490	6068	5886	4078	5077	3206	1208	1145	2376	2063	1806	1497	1249	1048
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:10AM 1.35				1:45PM 1.26	2:09PM 1.42				2:18AM 1.48				2:48PM 1.34				2:22AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				7:38AM 0.25				7:45PM 0.37	8:06PM 0.37				8:38AM 0.25				8:21PM 0.34				8:44AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	17	16	19	18	16	16	15	15	17	18
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	14	17	16	19	18	16	16	15	14	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	-	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

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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	Hell West Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	7	7	7	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s)	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15
Energy	6569	6218	6229	6229	6435	6355	6568	7024	7559	7714	8168	8064	8517	8408	8408	8408	8408	8408	6051	6051	6051	7046
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:10AM 1.35												1:45PM 1.26	2:09PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)												7:38AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	18	18	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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