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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	Thu	Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30
	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	Heaven West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Big Bay Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Baboon Point West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	5	6	7	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 NE	1.0 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	6	10	9	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2094	2829	1410	1138	262	412	743	1968	2259	1584	2515	4684	5540	1979	4294	2945	2892	2385	2085	3474	1000	1657
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:17AM 1.38		4:18PM 1.73	4:40AM 1.61	5:02AM 1.49	5:10PM 1.45		5:17AM 1.23	5:37PM 1.46		5:56AM 1.14	6:10PM 1.59		6:50AM 1.19	7:00PM 1.20		7:37AM 1.24		8:39PM 0.99	9:57AM 1.07		10:28PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	10:09PM 0.16	10:16AM 0.27		10:28PM 0.28	11:00AM 0.33		11:06PM 0.33	11:15AM 0.43		11:52PM 0.42	11:53AM 0.52		12:21AM 0.48	12:51PM 0.66		1:36AM 0.59	1:50PM 0.80	2:29PM 0.77	3:08AM 0.58		4:47PM 0.71	4:40AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	19	19	17	30	15	14	14	15	15	17	18	16	19	20	16	19	26	16	22	18	20
Low °C	14	17	18	16	23	15	14	14	14	12	14	18	15	16	18	14	17	26	15	21	18	17
Chill °C (?)	12	19	19	17	30	14	12	13	13	14	17	17	16	19	20	16	19	26	16	22	18	20
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:52	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:44	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SW	0.5 S	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	0.1 NW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	14	9	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	15	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	1.0 WSW	0.2 E	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.1 NW	1.3 ESE
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	10	10	12	-	-	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	15	9	9	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.4 NE	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	0.9 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	4	-

	Thursday 23			Friday 24								Saturday 25								Sunday 26
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	11	7	8	8	9	8	12
Energy(?)	1898	3187	1161	1369	3001	3119	2142	884	1773	1535	1067	2202	1055	1035	1762	1067	400	526	1216	1292	1061	2471
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	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	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:54PM 1.47				4:35AM 1.56				4:42PM 1.67				4:46AM 1.31	5:02AM 1.49				5:09PM 1.54				5:18AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)			10:03PM 0.20				10:18AM 0.29				10:36PM 0.23				11:00AM 0.34	11:01AM 0.30				11:05PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	1	2	-
Temp. °C	18	15	16	16	15	18	17	16	18	17	14	16	14	15	16	17	24	16	12	12	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	14	16	16	15	18	16	15	18	17	14	16	13	14	15	16	24	15	11	10	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52
Sunset	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	0.9 WSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	6	12	10	8	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	-	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.8 WSW	0.2 E	0.9 WSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 S	-	0.2 E	0.4 SSW	-	0.2 E	-
Period (s)	11	-	8	8	9	9	-	-	10	10	12	10	11	11	11	9	-	6	14	-	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SW	1.7 SW	-	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 ENE	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	11	11	7	8	8	9	8	-

	Thursday 23	Friday 24
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	5	4	4	5	5	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 ENE	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	16	16	11	11	15	14	16	16	14	14	13	15	14	15	7	14	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1696	3224	1877	1879	1217	796	2612	1374	1953	2738	2300	2042	2275	2878	2817	2708	143	3077	1056	2148	3301	1966
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross- off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		3:54PM 1.47													4:35AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)									10:27PM 0.16												10:33AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	15	17	16	18	18	14	15	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	16	21	17	17	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	19	13	15	14	18	17	12	14	16	16	14	15	13	15	15	16	21	17	17	17	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 ENE	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	15	6	6	11	11	15	14	11	16	14	14	13	15	14	15	7	14	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	-	-	1.6 SW	0.4 E	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	-	-	0.3 E	-
Period (s)	11	11	6	7	17	18	-	-	16	8	-	7	-	9	9	9	12	10	-	-	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	-	-	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	16	16	4	5	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	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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