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

	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Dungeons Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Second Beach (Port St Johns) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW	0.9 ENE	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	17	9	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	11	8	9	7	11	9
Energy(?)	919	260	6784	5598	5287	2085	1591	1317	1680	1740	2078	1335	1326	1346	1068	2317	1777	230	453	498	927	674
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:44AM 1.24		10:01PM 1.00	10:54AM 1.22		11:17PM 1.03	11:27AM 1.20		12:40AM 1.19	12:52PM 1.30		1:28AM 1.27	1:01PM 1.27		2:07AM 1.36			2:44AM 1.33		2:49PM 1.46	3:10AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		4:17PM 0.63	4:00AM 0.56				5:11AM 0.56	6:42PM 0.77		6:29AM 0.56	6:54PM 0.39		6:59AM 0.48	7:32PM 0.32		8:02AM 0.44		8:34PM 0.31	8:16AM 0.65		9:01PM 0.31	8:52AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	heavy rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	11	12	21	-	4
High °C	20	26	18	19	20	18	20	20	19	22	22	20	23	24	20	17	22	23	16	18	17	17
Low °C	19	24	16	17	19	16	18	20	19	19	21	18	21	23	18	17	20	20	15	16	14	16
Chill °C (?)	19	26	17	18	20	18	20	20	19	22	22	20	23	24	20	16	22	23	16	18	15	16
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:01	-	-	4:52
Sunset	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:13	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.4 E	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	0.9 ENE	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.2 WSW	0.8 S
Period (s)	17	7	14	14	10	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	8	8	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.9 E	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.2 E	-	0.1 W	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.9 WSW	0.3 NW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	7	10	12	11	11	11	10	20	10	8	-	16	9	8	14	15	14	12	8	8	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	-	-	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	2.5 SW	0.7 S	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	3	-	11	4	9	7	8	9

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	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	12PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Hell West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town
Rating	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	1.4 E	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	16	16	10	9	10	10	14	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1331	545	3459	2109	2944	1612	3231	2053	3074	2371	5918	4610	4681	3077	3617	3864	3191	3019	2301	2517	1467	1592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:49PM 1.09				10:38AM 1.89				10:12PM 1.10				10:28AM 1.20					11:35PM 1.05				11:28AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)			2:46AM 0.50				4:05PM 0.50				4:06AM 0.58					5:35PM 0.58				5:23AM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	29	27	35	18	19	18	17	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	15	16	18	20	18
Chill °C (?)	22	22	29	27	35	18	19	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	18	18	17	15	16	18	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 E	1.4 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 ENE	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	1.3 SW	4.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	16	16	16	16	10	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 E	1.4 SW	0.7 E	-	0.4 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	13	13	-	16	16	10	16	10	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	16	8	10	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 ENE	0.8 W	3.5 NE	3.0 NE	-	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	3.0 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	4	9	9	-	9	10	9	-	10	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	2AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	TTs West	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Inner Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Hell West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Dungeons Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town
Rating	4	3	5	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	6	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 E	1.3 SSW	3.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	2.5 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 E	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.7 SW	1.1 E	3.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	9	8	13	19	19	9	9	10	18	9	17	17	10	10	16	10	10	9	9	16
Energy(?)	1422	487	2260	1088	2960	390	397	424	576	693	909	709	1200	873	394	780	2832	559	4191	275	2479	5550
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:49PM 1.09													9:21AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)							2:47AM 0.50														4:15PM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	22	24	19	18	20	20	21	17	20	18	19	24	24	18	24	18	26	19	18
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	22	24	19	18	20	20	21	16	20	17	18	24	24	17	24	18	26	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.0 S	2.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.1 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.3 E	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 E	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	7	13	13	13	8	8	9	9	10	18	9	17	17	10	10	16	7	9	7	10	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 S	1.0 SW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	1.1 E	1.7 SW	1.0 E	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	16	9	9	9	9	13	9	9	9	7	9	10	12	10	16	10	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 E	0.4 W	3.5 ENE	2.4 ENE	1.9 S	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	-	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	4.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	8	3	9	8	8	2	2	4	4	10	4	5	4	5	-	7	9	-	10	-	9	10

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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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