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 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	The Hoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kamer Van Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	4	3	2	4	4	0	4	3	3	4	4	3	4	3	0	4	2	2	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.6 ESE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E
Period(s) (?)	10	13	11	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	10	13	10	6	8	8
Energy(?)	310	2052	436	463	400	825	650	1448	1288	736	863	1082	910	475	634	304	725	324	404	364	1336	507
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:49PM 2.19	4:10AM 2.39		4:31PM 1.67		5:01AM 1.59		6:41PM 2.42	5:47AM 1.66	6:00PM 1.46		6:36AM 1.46	6:47PM 1.41		7:13AM 1.36	7:34PM 1.16		8:16AM 1.26		8:47PM 1.04	9:31AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	9:35AM 0.06		10:02PM 0.08	10:20AM 0.09		10:48PM 0.04	11:07AM 0.16	12:37PM 0.15	12:50AM 0.13	11:57AM 0.29		11:57PM 0.25	12:47PM 0.38		1:01AM 0.36	1:40PM 0.45		1:42AM 0.44		3:03PM 0.74	2:48AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	27	20	18	21	18	20	21	19	21	22	21	22	20	20	20	20	21	25	22	21	25
Low °C	19	26	19	18	20	16	17	21	18	19	22	18	20	20	18	19	19	19	20	22	19	24
Chill °C (?)	21	27	20	18	21	17	20	21	19	21	22	21	22	20	20	20	20	21	25	22	21	25
Sunrise	5:01	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:01
Sunset	-	6:39	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:35	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	2.5 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	10	13	11	9	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	10	15	7	10	9	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	-	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	-	9	10	13	-	-	8	5	5	5	5	5	6	14	12	12	13	7	9	13	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 W	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.8 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.1 SSW	-	1.3 SSE	1.7 SW	-	1.1 SSE	1.6 ESE	2.5 ENE	1.7 E
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	5	6	5	4	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	6	10	-	6	6	8	8

	Thu	Friday 05							Saturday 06									Sunday 07
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	9PM	0AM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Green Point Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	10	10	10	9	13	12	10	10	8	10	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	6
Energy(?)	1056	1020	1371	690	310	253	231	1916	2291	560	554	692	552	413	350	709	860	1175	1062	1152	1144	67
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:28AM 2.35				3:47PM 1.73				4:17AM 1.62				4:31PM 1.84				4:40AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	9:19PM 0.09				9:34AM 0.09				11:26PM 0.03				10:20AM 0.10				10:28PM 0.04				10:50AM 0.16	11:03AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	22	21	23	21	21	21	26	25	19	18	17	19	19	20	19	17	16	14	17	20	21
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	23	21	21	21	26	25	19	18	17	19	19	20	18	16	15	13	17	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	4:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	14	14	14	10	10	10	9	13	12	10	10	8	10	9	9	13	13	13	12	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.1 ENE	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.5 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	0.4 S
Period (s)	7	7	6	7	10	10	10	-	-	9	9	-	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 ENE	0.3 NNE	-	1.8 NE	0.6 W	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.8 S	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	0.7 SE	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.4 NE
Period (s)	7	3	-	7	4	4	3	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	9	6	6	6	6

	Thursday 04			Friday 05
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	5AM	6AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kosi Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Quissico Inhambane	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	TTs West	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Green Point Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.5 S	0.8 WSW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	14	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	7	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	6	10	10
Energy(?)	682	1065	751	586	440	444	420	1434	1469	316	340	335	327	308	331	127	257	261	131	280	140	218
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)								4:59AM 2.63												3:25PM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		9:19PM 0.09												9:35AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	19	19	19	18	22	22	18	19	17	20	21	21	22	21	21	22	20	19	25
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	19	19	19	17	22	22	18	18	16	20	21	21	22	21	21	22	20	18	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:09	5:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.7 WSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.7 ENE
Period (s)	11	14	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 S	0.2 E	0.8 S	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 ESE	0.9 E	0.1 S	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.0 S
Period (s)	14	7	14	-	6	6	6	15	15	6	7	16	7	6	6	10	10	10	15	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	1.5 SSW	0.5 W	0.3 W	-	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	2.0 NE
Period (s)	7	7	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	3	2	-	3	3	4	5	6	6	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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