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

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	Mon		Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Mon
	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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Crons Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Hell West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hawston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kakapo Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	2	4	3	2	2	2	0	2	2	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 ESE	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	0.6 S	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	2.5 SE	1.4 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	1.2 SE	0.9 SW	2.0 SE	0.9 SE	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	8	9	11	9	10	9	7	9	12	11	9	11	8	11	11	9	5	10	6	7	7
Energy(?)	1043	805	760	116	568	574	677	1109	354	669	580	368	1516	1085	282	453	221	140	158	450	104	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:58PM 1.49		5:26AM 1.59	5:31PM 1.47		6:00AM 1.61	6:08PM 1.40		6:43AM 1.46	6:47PM 1.38		7:24AM 1.52	7:31PM 1.52		8:12AM 1.58		8:27PM 1.41	9:23AM 1.33		9:54PM 1.09	10:41AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		11:11PM 0.18	11:28AM 0.34		11:46PM 0.18	12:05PM 0.38		12:23AM 0.21	12:48PM 0.38		1:01AM 0.26	1:33PM 0.46		1:45AM 0.37		2:27PM 0.57	2:42AM 0.50		3:51PM 0.53	3:57AM 0.47		5:21PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	2	4	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	30	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	26	27	25	21	24	19	23	24	21	24	22	19	20	18	20	21	21	19	23	23
Low °C	23	22	24	25	22	21	23	18	22	23	18	22	19	17	19	18	19	19	21	18	18	22
Chill °C (?)	24	23	26	27	25	21	24	18	23	24	21	24	22	18	20	18	20	21	21	18	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	4:56	-	-	4:54	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	7:39	-	-	6:57	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	0.6 S	2.0 E	2.4 ENE	1.6 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.1 SW	1.4 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 E	0.2 WNW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 E	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	9	11	9	8	9	10	9	11	9	12	11	9	16	11	11	11	9	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 S	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	0.7 E	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	10	13	11	11	11	10	10	14	10	13	16	8	12	15	15	10	10	13	13	13	12	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.3 ENE	0.7 SW	-	0.4 NNE	1.4 SSW	1.5 S	2.5 SE	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	-	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	0.9 SE	1.1 ESE	1.0 E	1.2 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SE	0.9 SE	2.5 E
Period (s)	-	8	4	-	5	7	6	7	6	7	7	-	11	8	4	6	6	5	6	6	7	7

	Monday 22					Tuesday 23								Wednesday 24								Thu
	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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Groenvlei Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	3.5 E	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.4 ESE	1.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	7	10
Energy(?)	2794	1076	1071	4484	1557	1024	2367	1849	1464	578	688	719	572	578	595	616	532	509	506	520	1171	503
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			4:57PM 1.61					5:30AM 1.47				5:35PM 1.60				6:02AM 1.72				6:09PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	10:54AM 0.29					11:11PM 0.19				11:30AM 0.30				11:48PM 0.19				12:07PM 0.33				12:25AM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	25	23	22	22	21	21	24	25	24	23	23	24	22	22	23	24	21	21	20	18	21
Chill °C (?)	22	25	23	22	22	21	21	24	25	24	23	23	24	22	22	23	24	21	21	20	17	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	2.1 E	2.2 E	2.0 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	2.2 E	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.3 SW	1.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.9 ESE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	1.3 SW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	8	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	-	-	3.5 E	-	0.4 WSW	3.0 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	-	0.9 SW	-	0.8 NNE	0.3 SSW	-	-	0.9 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	-	2.4 ESE	1.1 S
Period (s)	9	-	-	10	-	3	9	8	8	-	5	-	5	3	-	-	4	7	7	-	7	6

	Monday 22															Tuesday 23
	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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Groenvlei Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 E	2.0 ESE	3.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	2.5 ENE	0.7 S	1.8 ESE	2.0 ENE
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	7	11	12	13	12	13	12	12	11	8	11	10	7
Energy(?)	2695	1043	1058	1993	1905	1062	1835	1283	1126	797	228	334	495	322	674	658	611	138	1391	126	976	810
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)										5:03PM 1.54												5:32AM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)			10:53AM 0.32													11:16PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	22	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	24	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	22	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 E	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.0 S	1.0 S	2.0 ESE	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.6 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.3 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	13	11	11	11	11	10	14	14	15	15	13	11	12	15	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	-	-	3.0 E	2.5 E	-	3.5 E	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.5 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.2 E	2.0 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	3.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	0.9 SSW	2.0 ENE
Period (s)	9	-	-	9	10	-	9	8	8	7	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	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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