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

	Fri		Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Fri
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	3	0	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 SW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	14	14	13	8	14	13	12	18	18	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	11	11	10
Energy(?)	292	511	365	1026	716	850	1306	2734	1024	672	1198	673	2032	1461	989	1347	934	580	763	637	531	339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:14PM 1.63	4:45AM 1.50		5:19PM 1.75		5:34AM 1.40	6:06PM 1.83		6:31AM 1.30	6:53PM 1.19		7:42AM 1.21		8:15PM 1.30	9:10AM 1.41		9:53PM 1.03	10:33AM 1.19		11:25PM 1.31	11:36AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)		10:33PM 0.01	10:52AM 0.17		11:21PM 0.38	11:43AM 0.28		12:10AM 0.27	12:46PM 0.40		1:12AM 0.40		2:12PM 0.64	2:40AM 0.75		4:04PM 0.76	4:03AM 0.52		5:14PM 0.47		5:17AM 0.49	6:49PM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	31	26	23	26	22	25	22	19	24	21	19	22	22	21	19	20	19	20	20	16	22	22
Low °C	31	21	19	23	19	22	20	19	23	18	18	21	20	18	18	19	17	20	20	16	20	21
Chill °C (?)	31	26	23	26	22	25	22	18	24	21	19	22	22	21	19	20	19	20	20	15	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:16	-
Sunset	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.0 S	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 ESE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 E	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	7	16	14	14	13	13	8	13	12	11	8	15	16	14	14	14	7	13	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	0.5 W	1.1 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 NW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.5 S	0.4 ENE	1.1 SSE	0.5 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	18	10	10	-	-	7	18	14	-	20	18	11	18	10	7	7	7	13	8	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SE	2.1 SSE	2.3 SE	1.4 SE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.6 ESE	0.4 NW	-	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.6 E	-	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	3	-	4	5	-	-	-	7	-	-	4	-	3

	Friday 07					Saturday 08								Sunday 09								Mon
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Yzerfontein West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 S	3.0 E	2.5 SE	1.4 SSE	2.5 E	2.0 SE	0.8 SW	1.9 SE	2.3 SE	1.1 SW	2.4 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	16	7	7	14	8	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	8
Energy(?)	509	418	343	1016	1251	511	1523	713	567	601	825	1032	1066	1449	1150	924	683	800	674	1137	1121	2458
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:15PM 1.70								5:00PM 1.50	5:01PM 1.50				5:39AM 1.66				5:55PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	10:04AM 0.08				10:36PM 0.26				10:51AM 0.16					11:21PM 0.38				11:43AM 0.28				12:11AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	28	28	18	21	22	17	19	29	22	22	24	19	20	21	22	23	24	27	25	24	19
Chill °C (?)	27	28	28	18	21	22	17	18	29	22	22	24	19	20	21	22	23	24	27	25	24	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.6 SSE	1.0 S	2.1 ESE	0.7 SW	0.8 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SSE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	8	11	10	11	8	7	8	16	6	15	14	7	14	7	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	-	1.3 SW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.3 SSW	-	0.9 SSE	1.2 SE	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	19	18	18	10	10	10	10	16	-	-	14	-	14	7	7	-	18	-	7	6	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 S	3.0 E	2.5 SE	1.4 SSE	2.5 E	2.0 SE	1.3 SSE	1.9 SE	2.3 SE	1.8 SSE	2.4 ESE	2.3 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SE	1.9 ESE	2.5 E
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8

	Friday 07															Saturday 08
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Yzerfontein West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	2	2	4	4	3	4	3	3	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 S	1.8 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.7 SW	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	1.2 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.2 S	2.5 E	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	0.7 SW	2.4 SE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SE	2.4 E
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	6	7	11	6	8	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	10	7	7	7	7	8
Energy(?)	637	448	524	420	401	240	490	957	292	539	568	261	978	930	1251	1192	216	839	386	417	448	1319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)									4:14PM 1.63												4:45AM 1.50	5:04AM 1.98
Low Tide / height (m)			10:05AM 0.09												10:36PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	25	23	28	31	21	23	31	22	22	24	18	21	21	20	18	18	19	20	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	25	23	28	31	21	23	31	22	22	24	18	21	21	20	17	17	19	20	18	17
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.8 SW	1.3 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 S	0.7 SW	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 ESE
Period (s)	8	11	9	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	7	11	8	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	19	11	20	19	19	7	18	18	18	18	10	18	10	10	10	18	18	17	17	17	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	-	1.8 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	2.1 ESE	2.5 SE	1.2 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	-	2.5 E	2.1 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.4 SE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SE	2.4 E
Period (s)	8	8	-	6	7	6	6	8	7	7	7	-	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8

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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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