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 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thu
	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	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bog Bay KZN North	Dolphin Point Overberg	Alkantstrand KZN North	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wedge Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Arniston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	TTs West
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4	6	9	8	5	9	5	4	5	4	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 ESE	0.9 SW	1.7 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.5 ESE	1.2 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	13	13	12	9	11	11	14	14	16	15	16	13	14	15	13	14	14	8	13	14
Energy(?)	942	1418	1299	1614	962	501	349	880	5165	4504	8385	7252	5181	3801	2667	972	1842	1288	1833	619	769	3993
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	on	cross	glass	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:45PM 1.74	3:46AM 1.59		4:13PM 1.72	4:22AM 1.79		4:41PM 1.67	4:49AM 1.72	5:04AM 1.61	5:18PM 1.57		5:30AM 1.49	5:45PM 1.37		5:57AM 1.73	6:11PM 1.26		6:28AM 2.14	6:38PM 1.33		6:50AM 1.25	7:44PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		9:40PM 0.12	10:03AM 0.06		10:10PM 0.41	10:47AM 0.32		10:36PM 0.47	11:14AM 0.17		11:17PM 0.28	11:40AM 0.23		11:44PM 0.56	12:06PM 0.55		12:12AM 0.48	12:33PM 0.71		12:45AM 0.77	1:12PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	23	22	22	20	25	20	24	18	18	17	18	21	17	18	19	16	21	22	25	28	32
Low °C	23	20	21	21	19	22	20	21	17	18	17	16	21	14	14	19	15	19	22	20	24	30
Chill °C (?)	24	23	22	22	20	25	20	24	18	18	17	17	21	16	18	19	14	21	22	25	28	32
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:09	-	-	7:03	-
Sunset	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:17	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:57
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	2.0 E	1.7 SW	2.0 E	1.6 SW	1.2 ESE	0.9 SW	1.7 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.1 ESE	3.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.5 ESE	1.2 SW	-
Period (s)	13	9	13	9	12	9	11	11	14	14	16	15	12	13	14	15	13	14	14	8	13	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	1.6 SW	1.4 ESE	1.7 SW	1.3 E	1.0 ENE	0.9 E	0.3 SSW	-	0.6 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	0.6 S	1.6 SW	1.0 ESE	0.9 SW	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	0.9 S	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	11	12	9	13	9	7	9	12	-	10	12	13	-	16	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 E	-	-	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.4 NE	1.3 SW	1.2 NE	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	1.4 SE	-	1.5 S	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	8	-	-	4	5	7	5	6	-	-	-	-	16	6	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	14

	Thursday 02					Friday 03								Saturday 04								Sun
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Tofinho Inhambane	Bog Bay KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 ENE	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 NE	1.8 E	1.4 SW	1.9 SE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	14	13	9	13	12	13	13	12	9	12	12	7	9	12	9	9	11	11	9
Energy(?)	1130	1486	1459	1927	1670	2056	1477	1212	1486	1234	1023	2606	1075	1099	976	599	794	701	497	527	528	1585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:38PM 1.49				3:55AM 1.84				4:27PM 1.70				4:44AM 2.04				4:56PM 1.80
Low Tide / height (m)	9:40AM 0.32				9:44PM 0.38				10:25AM 0.05				10:27PM 0.10				10:49AM 0.09				10:58PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	-	-	1	-	6	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	23	24	22	20	20	19	27	21	20	24	20	20	20	23	19	25	25	23	23	17
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	24	22	20	20	19	27	21	20	24	20	20	20	23	19	25	25	23	23	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 E	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 ENE	1.6 SW	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.8 E	1.4 SW	1.9 SE	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 ESE	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	14	13	9	13	12	13	13	12	9	12	9	8	9	12	9	9	11	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SE	1.6 E	1.3 ESE	1.2 E	0.9 SW	1.4 E	1.6 SW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	1.2 E	0.6 SE	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 ENE	0.7 E
Period (s)	5	4	15	8	7	12	11	8	9	9	9	13	9	12	15	12	9	12	13	13	6	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	3.0 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.2 NE	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	-	1.2 NE	-	-	2.3 SW
Period (s)	-	8	-	-	-	9	-	-	3	-	-	9	4	5	7	4	6	-	6	-	-	9

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Tofinho Inhambane	Bog Bay KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Dolphin Point Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 E	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.3 E	0.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	8	12	12	13	12	12	8	9	9	6	13	12	8	7	7	7	13
Energy(?)	1167	1229	1095	1216	1238	658	1238	1590	1077	787	929	1058	2148	1670	155	60	1343	700	415	204	193	1206
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)								3:45PM 1.74	4:02PM 1.61												4:20AM 1.88
Low Tide / height (m)		9:36AM 0.04												10:00PM 0.29	10:09PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	22	21	24	24	24	24	25	24	22	22	22	23	22	21	23	22	20	26	21	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	22	21	24	24	24	24	25	24	22	22	22	23	22	21	23	22	20	26	21	21	21	20
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 E	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 E	1.3 SW	1.3 E	0.4 SW	2.0 E	0.3 S	1.2 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	9	12	12	13	9	12	6	13	9	9	8	7	7	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSE	0.4 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSE	1.3 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	1.6 SW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	1.2 E
Period (s)	16	4	5	5	5	8	4	15	13	8	9	11	12	8	8	10	12	12	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	1.9 E	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	3.0 ENE	2.5 E	2.5 E	-	2.5 ENE	-	2.4 SE	1.4 E	0.6 NNE	0.7 NNE	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	-	8	9	9	-	8	-	8	7	4	4	-

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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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