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 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			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	Brak River Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	0.8 SSW	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	9	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	16	14	13	13	14	8	8	9	12	8
Energy(?)	1743	1386	1534	3093	1090	1483	1644	802	1084	627	1114	718	2041	2250	1955	1856	802	1824	870	1014	180	491
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:46PM 1.84	3:54AM 1.74		4:15PM 1.58	5:00AM 2.16		5:12PM 2.02		5:31AM 2.03	5:30PM 1.44		6:03AM 1.74	6:24PM 1.48		6:33AM 1.35	7:09PM 1.25		7:37AM 1.18		8:40PM 1.40	9:29AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)	9:39AM 0.24		9:43PM 0.00	10:10AM -0.06		10:46PM -0.13	11:02AM 0.14		10:47PM 0.09	11:39AM 0.29		11:42PM 0.31	12:18PM 0.22		12:26AM 0.32	12:54PM 0.33		1:14AM 0.46		2:07PM 0.47	2:41AM 0.89
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	5	4	1
High °C	25	23	22	21	20	19	19	21	18	20	20	18	24	28	20	27	24	23	29	26	21	24
Low °C	21	23	19	21	19	16	18	20	15	18	20	17	17	27	19	22	24	22	24	22	21	24
Chill °C (?)	25	23	22	21	20	19	18	21	17	20	20	17	24	28	19	27	24	23	29	26	21	24
Sunrise	6:33	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:55	-	-	6:53	-	-	6:02	-	-	6:12	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 ESE	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	-	1.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.1 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	2.2 ENE	1.5 E
Period (s)	14	14	8	13	9	11	10	12	12	11	-	11	16	14	13	13	14	8	13	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	-	1.8 SSW	1.0 E	0.7 S	0.6 E	1.4 SSW	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	0.1 SW	1.2 S	-	-	1.6 ESE	0.1 S	1.1 S	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	8	-	13	8	11	8	12	-	-	8	-	20	7	-	-	8	7	13	-	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SE	2.4 ESE	0.5 WSW	2.2 SW	-	-	-	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	-	2.1 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 SE	-	1.8 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	1.2 NNE
Period (s)	6	7	3	13	-	-	-	5	6	-	11	7	7	7	7	-	7	8	8	9	8	5

	Wed	Thursday 19								Friday 20								Saturday 21
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 E	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	15	14	14	10	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1442	1515	1075	1033	1021	458	1703	1777	1010	1967	1165	1280	3093	1691	2235	1060	2692	1155	1063	1181	1172	1302
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:21AM 1.70				4:05PM 2.08				3:54AM 1.74				4:36PM 1.83				4:28AM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	9:15PM 0.31				9:37AM -0.03				9:41PM -0.01				10:33AM -0.07				10:39PM -0.05					11:06AM -0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	19	19	21	27	22	22	21	22	19	20	21	20	19	18	19	17	17	16	19	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	19	19	21	27	22	22	21	22	19	20	21	20	19	18	19	17	17	15	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 E	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.3 ESE	1.9 SSW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 ESE	2.5 SW	1.3 S	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	15	14	14	10	14	14	13	8	13	13	13	8	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSW	1.3 SE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSW	0.1 SE	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	-	1.0 ESE	1.3 SW	0.8 ESE	0.6 S	0.8 S	-	1.3 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	7	8	7	7	7	11	7	8	8	14	8	8	8	-	8	8	8	10	10	-	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	-	-	0.5 NW	0.6 S	-	-	0.7 WSW	2.5 E	-	1.4 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	-	-	4	5	-	-	7	7	-	8	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-

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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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	16	9	13	13	15	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	910	1038	584	574	919	368	1049	1159	1607	725	957	1927	1802	1879	1775	1609	1956	1633	1639	1642	1703	2229
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								3:48AM 2.20												3:41PM 1.58	4:05PM 2.08
Low Tide / height (m)		9:15PM 0.31													10:01AM -0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	21	21	23	19	19	20	21	18	21	23	24	27	22	28	22	22	21	22	25
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	21	21	23	19	19	19	21	18	21	23	24	27	22	28	22	22	21	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 E	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	16	9	13	13	15	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	1.3 SSE	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.5 E	-	1.1 SSE	0.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	1.3 SE	-
Period (s)	10	7	17	17	17	11	-	8	-	7	7	7	7	8	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	-	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	-	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	2.1 ESE	-	-	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.6 NNW	1.7 ESE	0.8 NNW	0.9 NW	0.9 NNW	-	2.5 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	6	6	7	7	4	7	4	4	4	-	7

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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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