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

	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 NE	1.7 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.8 SSE	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	13	8	11	10	10	12	8	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1322	1567	6293	3314	3090	1208	1438	1101	1101	1020	1276	1007	774	897	941	1050	623	1194	1184	1085	1083	521
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:04PM 1.31		1:54AM 1.58		2:01PM 1.64	2:07AM 1.57		3:14PM 1.48	3:32AM 1.92		3:34PM 1.53	3:49AM 1.58		4:23PM 1.54	4:39AM 1.53	5:01AM 1.78	5:11PM 1.70		5:48AM 1.51	6:22PM 1.53		6:30AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		7:02PM 0.29		7:48AM 0.32			8:34AM 0.04		9:21PM 0.31	9:24AM 0.24		9:41PM 0.12	10:29AM 0.07		10:32PM 0.13	11:18AM 0.08		11:24PM 0.17	12:00PM 0.12		12:31AM 0.27	12:40PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	17	13	15	15	14	21	22	13	14	14	20	18	16	16	14	16	19	20	19	21
Low °C	15	15	15	13	14	13	12	18	20	13	14	12	19	17	13	15	13	15	16	19	18	19
Chill °C (?)	14	14	16	13	15	15	12	21	22	13	14	13	20	18	15	16	14	15	19	20	19	21
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	5:42	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.7 WSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	13	13	13	12	13	8	11	10	10	12	8	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.2 E	1.0 S	1.3 SSW	0.4 SW	-	0.6 E	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.3 SE	0.3 NW	-	0.7 ENE	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	11	10	10	10	9	7	13	11	11	-	7	13	8	7	6	-	6	6	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	2.1 NE	-	-	1.6 S	1.3 S	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 ESE	-	0.9 S	1.1 NE	-	1.1 S	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	11	-	12	-	-	-	3	-	8	-	-	8	8	8	7	6	-	6	6	-	5	5

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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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	5	2	4	6	4	4	4	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 ENE	2.4 SW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	11	12	11	9	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	13
Energy	1219	1280	3162	276	1322	5220	1567	1159	1589	6293	5689	3105	3314	3310	3090	3111	3033	1208	2099	1503	1438	1210
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 1.52				1:04PM 1.31				1:54AM 1.58					2:01PM 1.64				2:45AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)				7:25AM 0.28				7:05PM 0.33				7:43AM 0.09				7:57PM 0.22	8:22PM 0.23				8:34AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	20	15	16	15	15	14	16	15	13	13	14	15	15	13	14	17	12	14	21
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	20	13	15	13	15	14	15	14	12	13	14	15	15	12	14	16	11	12	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	2.4 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	9	11	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.3 E	0.6 W	0.6 ESE	0.8 E	0.6 W	1.2 E
Period (s)	8	8	9	11	-	-	-	15	12	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	5	9	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.5 SW	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 E	-	-	1.0 ENE	0.6 NW	1.5 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	3	7

	Thursday 11			Friday 12
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	4	4	5	2	4	6	4	4	4	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 ENE	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	1135	1219	1219	1240	1259	1280	1309	3090	3162	1385	1383	276	2704	1322	1322	1234	4498	5220	5067	2437	1567	1538
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					12:53AM 1.52													1:04PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)												7:25AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	20	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	12	20	14	14	13	13	15	15	15	16	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	0.4 E	0.9 ENE	3.5 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	0.4 SSW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	-	-	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	11	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-

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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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