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

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wed
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Long Beach Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Pastures West Coast	Robberg Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 E	1.7 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	9	8	18	17	15	14	14	12	12	8	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	12
Energy(?)	1173	595	1608	1150	1088	1075	1203	794	1726	1103	1090	448	329	517	342	694	596	574	1198	1275	1238	1999
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:46PM 1.07	8:11PM 1.25	8:53AM 1.03		12:31AM 1.03	12:40PM 1.10		1:26AM 1.18	1:26PM 1.46		2:01AM 1.27		2:01PM 1.46	2:23AM 1.58		2:47PM 1.75	2:53AM 1.85		3:05PM 1.58	3:27AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	1:27PM 0.72		1:57AM 1.02		4:55PM 0.67		6:31AM 0.83	7:11PM 0.67		7:23AM 0.86	7:36PM 0.69		8:04AM 0.46		8:12PM 0.35	8:34AM 0.30		8:42PM 0.46	9:03AM 0.16		9:14PM 0.05	9:04AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	-	23	2
High °C	26	27	22	28	26	23	23	32	22	24	24	21	26	29	22	23	19	21	19	22	19	16
Low °C	22	26	20	27	24	20	22	31	20	21	24	21	22	28	21	21	19	19	19	20	19	16
Chill °C (?)	26	27	22	28	26	23	23	32	22	24	24	21	26	29	22	23	19	21	19	22	18	16
Sunrise	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	6:54	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:25	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	0.9 SSW	1.9 ESE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSE	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	1.0 E	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	8	8	16	9	13	14	18	17	15	14	14	12	12	12	8	12	12	12	11	12	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 S	0.9 ESE	1.0 E	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.2 SSE	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.1 S	1.0 SSW	-	-	0.7 E	-
Period (s)	11	18	13	13	15	13	13	12	13	8	8	6	6	11	11	6	11	7	-	-	8	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 E	-	2.5 E	-	2.1 E	2.4 ENE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SW	1.4 S	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	1.9 ENE	0.3 WSW	-	1.6 S	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.9 SSE	-	1.8 S
Period (s)	8	-	9	-	9	8	4	4	6	-	-	6	-	8	3	-	7	6	6	7	-	8

	Tue	Wednesday 11								Thursday 12								Friday 13
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	1.0 SSW	1.9 ESE	3.0 E	2.1 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	2.5 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	2.2 ENE	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	16	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	18
Energy(?)	760	1323	1323	1350	744	600	1226	1219	1715	1031	1044	2735	1429	1100	1073	1210	1066	1907	1035	1023	1367	1269
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)				7:18AM 1.17				7:48PM 1.02					8:39AM 0.96				10:51PM 1.16	11:40PM 1.22				11:49AM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)		1:00AM 0.70				1:48PM 0.75				1:57AM 1.02										6:27AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	20	20	22	31	26	28	25	24	25	26	24	25	30	27	26	23	22	25	25	27	30
Chill °C (?)	24	20	20	22	31	26	28	25	24	25	26	24	25	30	27	26	23	22	25	25	27	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.3 E	2.1 E	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SSE	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	13	10	10	13	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13	16	12	12	12	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 E	1.7 ESE	-	2.0 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	-	-	3.0 E	-	-	-	-	1.8 E	2.5 E	-	-	2.2 ENE	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	7	-	8	8	9	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	9	9	-	-	8	4

	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Dias Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	1.4 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	7	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	13
Energy(?)	742	426	663	785	642	702	752	655	1322	1334	1270	911	821	1260	1185	988	414	914	1078	1250	718	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												7:18AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)						1:02AM 0.68												1:50PM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	20	20	21	28	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	25	25	28	24	24	30	29	24	29
Chill °C (?)	24	20	20	21	28	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	25	25	28	24	24	30	29	24	29
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 ESE	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.9 ESE	1.0 SW	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 ESE	1.8 ESE	0.8 SW	1.4 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	11	8	11	8	8	8	8	11	11	8	8	11	9	11	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	12	16	16	16	15	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	12	15	14	14	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	-	2.0 ESE	-	2.3 E	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.1 E	1.9 E	2.1 E	2.0 E	2.2 E	-	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	2.5 ENE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	-	7	8	8	6	-	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	7	3

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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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