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

	Tue		Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Heaven West Coast	Hell West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	5	5	5	9	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.1 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period(s)	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	11	14	14	14	14	12	13	11	14	13	14	14	13	7	7
Energy	5972	4035	6302	10265	5466	3368	2699	1835	3652	3242	3342	1249	1295	1093	1331	1267	935	1061	1295	854	731	1175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:11AM 1.45	12:45PM 1.30		1:31AM 1.60	1:59PM 1.45		2:10AM 1.83		2:15PM 1.56	2:31AM 1.88		2:57PM 1.53	3:08AM 1.66		3:43PM 1.62	3:55AM 1.62		4:28PM 1.52	4:47AM 1.77	5:04AM 1.80	5:35PM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	5:56PM 0.42		6:39AM 0.25	7:15PM 0.29		7:53AM 0.16	7:58PM 0.18		8:32AM 0.05		8:19PM 0.37	9:16AM 0.05		8:59PM 0.10	9:30AM -0.05		9:45PM 0.10	10:15AM -0.00		10:37PM 0.40	11:22AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	16	21	15	16	17	15	17	18	16	22	20	19	18	21	16	18	22	18	19	21
Low °C	17	16	15	18	14	14	16	14	15	17	14	21	20	16	16	18	15	15	21	15	15	19
Chill °C (?)	15	18	15	21	14	15	16	15	17	17	15	22	20	19	18	21	15	18	22	18	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:13	-	-	6:26	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:16	-
Sunset	6:00	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:31
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 SW	-	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 S	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	-	12	12	12	11	14	14	13	14	12	13	11	14	13	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 W	-	-	-	0.1 S	1.3 S	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	0.4 ENE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	1.2 S	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	13	12	11	-	-	-	20	14	11	15	14	7	12	12	12	16	10	10	7	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.4 W	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	1.2 S	-	1.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.1 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	11	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	8	11	11	6	6	7	7	7	7

	Tuesday 12					Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Fri
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hell West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	7	9	5	5	5	9	6	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 W	3.0 W	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	14	14	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	9647	6698	9243	4445	4622	4035	8770	5528	3413	3425	4310	9099	12438	12170	9506	3840	3368	1361	2438	2213	2100	3027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	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	low	mid-flow	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:24PM 1.31				12:11AM 1.45				12:45PM 1.29				1:36AM 1.56				1:59PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)				6:27PM 0.40				7:15AM 0.31				7:10PM 0.30				7:53AM 0.16				7:55PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	mod. rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	4	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	20	19	17	17	18	17	16	16	15	14	16	14	14	14	16	17	15	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	20	19	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	12	15	13	12	13	15	16	15	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	0.1 SE	2.2 SSW	0.4 NE	3.0 W	3.0 W	3.0 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	5.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	14	8	12	12	13	-	12	12	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.1 SE	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	0.4 NE	-	2.1 W	2.0 W	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	17	12	13	12	7	-	12	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	15	15	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	-	13	14	14	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	14	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	12

	Tuesday 12															Wednesday 13
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Hell West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	7	9	5	5	5	9	6	5	5	5	9	9	9	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 NE	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	5.5 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SW	3.5 SW	6.0 SW	6.0 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW
Period(s)	14	13	15	9	12	12	14	14	12	13	12	12	13	14	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	11500	7806	2750	25	7735	7735	2804	8674	5972	2185	4759	8406	1502	3593	5407	9706	9911	4463	11146	11697	12312	13836
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)																	12:47AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)										5:54PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	1	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	27	24	17	17	20	19	17	17	16	16	26	19	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	27	24	15	15	20	19	16	16	14	14	26	19	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	14
Sunrise	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SE	2.5 SW	0.4 NE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 NE	3.0 SW	3.5 W	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	-	1.7 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.4 NE	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	12	15	9	13	13	8	14	12	13	12	-	13	14	9	-	-	14	-	13	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NE	0.1 SE	-	-	0.1 SE	1.1 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 W	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	9	12	-	-	12	17	13	12	-	-	17	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	1.0 WNW	3.5 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	-	0.9 W	3.0 W	5.5 SW	0.4 WNW	-	4.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SW	3.5 SW	6.0 SW	6.0 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	5	14	12	12	14	14	-	4	12	12	3	-	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12

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Cape Town	KwaZulu Natal North Coast	South Africa
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Eastern Cape South	Mozambique	West Coast South Africa
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