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

	Thu	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bog Bay KZN North	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Yzerfontein West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	7	6	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	0.8 E	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	6	12	16	14	13	14	14	13	14	13	16	14	14	12	12	13	14	17	16	16	16	14
Energy	515	521	525	708	1012	672	1159	536	1014	2075	3394	3035	2393	1278	1563	1033	3466	6353	5401	3856	3020	1147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:27AM 1.39		8:23PM 1.27	8:59AM 1.10		9:39PM 1.31	10:23AM 1.20		10:53PM 1.50	11:29AM 1.11		12:16AM 1.35	12:24PM 1.16		12:30AM 1.45	1:07PM 1.22		1:10AM 1.35	1:53PM 1.50	2:09PM 1.33	1:47AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	1:33AM 0.46	1:43PM 0.46		2:55AM 0.45		3:06PM 0.46	4:18AM 0.46		4:22PM 0.48		5:26AM 0.40	5:28PM 0.47		6:20AM 0.35	6:22PM 0.44		7:02AM 0.29	7:06PM 0.40		7:46AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	17	16	17	19	18	20	19	16	17	17	18	17	18	17	16	18	16	16	20	17
Low °C	20	18	17	15	15	19	17	18	19	16	16	17	16	15	18	16	15	18	15	15	19	15
Chill °C (?)	21	23	17	16	17	19	18	20	19	15	17	17	18	17	18	16	16	18	15	16	20	17
Sunrise	-	6:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 WSW	1.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	6	7	16	14	13	8	14	13	14	13	16	14	14	12	12	13	14	17	16	16	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 E	0.8 S	0.6 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 W	0.4 WSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.8 E	-	1.0 SW	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	12	6	6	16	11	11	18	16	11	11	10	6	-	15	-	18	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ENE	1.4 NE	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bog Bay KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Yzerfontein West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 E	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period(s)	8	8	13	6	7	17	12	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	519	512	601	515	653	555	521	635	525	661	730	708	683	729	1012	657	672	728	1088	1159	877	518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:25PM 1.49				7:38AM 1.17					8:23PM 1.27				8:59AM 1.10				9:38PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)				1:33AM 0.46				1:58PM 0.64					2:55AM 0.45				3:06PM 0.46				4:17AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	19	20	20	16	23	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	17	19	19	17	16	17	16	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	19	20	20	16	23	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	17	19	19	17	16	17	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33
Sunset	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.1 E	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	8	8	13	6	7	17	7	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	8	8	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.8 E	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	7	12	13	11	12	10	6	6	6	6	6	6	16	8	11	14	14	11	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.3 NE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.5 NW	1.4 NE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	2	3	5	6	7	3	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	-

	Thursday 21									Friday 22
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Groenvlei Garden Route	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	1.8 ENE	0.8 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.0 SW
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	13	12	6	6	6	6	7	18	7	17	12	12	12	16
Energy	1083	1032	519	511	515	512	789	741	601	991	587	515	516	519	653	508	658	555	514	507	521	641
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)						7:25PM 1.49												7:38AM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)												1:33AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	18	17	16	17	23	23	19	18	20	20	20	20	20	15	20	16	19	20	23	16
Chill °C (?)	24	24	18	17	16	17	23	23	19	18	20	20	20	20	20	15	20	16	19	20	23	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	7:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 E	1.6 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.3 E	0.8 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	13	12	6	6	7	7	7	18	7	17	7	7	7	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SSE	0.7 E	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.7 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	7	7	13	12	12	12	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.0 E	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.3 NE	1.7 NE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.8 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	0.5 NW	1.5 ENE	1.5 ENE	1.4 NE	-
Period (s)	8	8	2	3	4	3	7	7	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	-	7	3	6	6	6	-

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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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