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

	Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Mon
	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	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	3	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 WSW	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 SW	0.9 S	1.1 E	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 ESE	1.1 SW	2.0 E
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	7	6	11	11	10	10	9	12	12	11	7	12	8
Energy(?)	1829	2418	1335	1692	625	1008	2219	1359	827	497	507	593	291	650	219	341	1279	909	997	1006	558	1123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	off	cross- on	cross	off	on	off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:17PM 1.23		1:01AM 1.15	1:01PM 1.27		1:40AM 1.21		2:14PM 1.41	2:44AM 1.33		2:18PM 1.35	2:57AM 1.57		3:21PM 1.60	3:50AM 1.44		3:27PM 1.39	4:21AM 1.74		4:15PM 1.44	4:53AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		6:53PM 0.37		7:00AM 0.48	7:32PM 0.32		8:03AM 0.49		8:34PM 0.31	8:40AM 0.38		8:40PM 0.48	8:52AM 0.34		9:39PM 0.21	9:27AM 0.33		10:04PM 0.41	10:02AM 0.32		10:40PM 0.17	10:53AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	19	24	22	20	19	20	17	21	22	17	22	20	22	23	21	19	20	23	22	25
Low °C	19	21	18	21	21	19	18	19	15	21	20	15	21	20	19	22	21	16	19	21	19	22
Chill °C (?)	21	22	19	24	22	20	19	20	16	21	22	17	22	20	22	23	21	18	20	23	22	25
Sunrise	5:11	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:11	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:13
Sunset	-	7:27	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSE	0.7 WSW	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 SW	0.9 ENE	1.1 E	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	8	7	12	11	11	10	6	9	12	12	11	11	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.1 W	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	1.1 WSW	0.7 E	0.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SE	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.1 W	1.0 SW
Period (s)	8	8	16	9	8	8	8	8	12	9	17	9	6	9	10	10	10	12	8	8	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	0.5 W	2.3 SW	-	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	2.0 S	-	0.8 ENE	-	1.3 ENE	0.8 ENE	0.8 E	1.4 S	1.6 E	2.4 ESE	1.7 SE	2.0 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	3	10	-	8	7	6	-	9	-	6	5	4	6	7	7	7	8

	Sun	Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wednesday 17
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Keurbooms Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 WSW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	14	14	10	10
Energy(?)	1349	1412	1466	1637	2182	1476	1919	2379	2257	2142	1714	1629	1112	1144	1358	3490	1187	1534	2395	1392	1352	2250
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- 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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:16AM 1.09				12:18PM 1.23				1:29AM 1.18				1:34PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				6:12AM 0.53				7:22PM 0.45				7:01AM 0.72				7:34PM 0.34				7:42AM 0.56	8:02AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	17	17	17	18	19	19	21	20	19	19	18	19	22	22	22	20	20	19	19	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	18	19	19	21	20	19	19	18	19	22	22	22	20	20	19	19	16	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	0.9 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	14	14	14	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.2 WNW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.5 E	1.0 WSW	0.1 NW	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.7 WSW	0.2 E
Period (s)	19	19	15	15	15	15	8	9	9	9	16	18	16	9	8	15	15	8	15	14	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.4 WSW	-	2.1 SW	-	-	2.3 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	12	-	-	10	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Guns Swakopmund	Keurbooms Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	12
Energy(?)	1379	1354	1349	1349	1614	1149	1722	2168	2438	2399	1604	1890	1550	1919	2262	1944	976	1012	1825	814	2123	2016
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					12:15AM 1.08												12:18PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)											6:12AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	18	19	21	22	21	20	22	21	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	19	21	22	21	20	22	21	18	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	0.1 NW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.3 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	19	19	19	19	10	10	9	8	8	8	15	15	15	8	8	15	15	8	18	19	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 S	-	1.8 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	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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