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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	Wed		Thursday 15			Friday 16			Saturday 17			Sunday 18			Monday 19			Tuesday 20			Wed
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Brak River Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Guns Swakopmund	Cape St Martin West Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	1.4 SW	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 S	1.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SE	1.3 SE	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	11	11	8	9	8	10	12	12	12	12	11	10	9	10	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	429	1240	2515	1948	1478	625	774	569	511	323	2201	2663	3157	2757	1224	1386	2204	349	890	1117	339	920
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		1:27AM 1.11	1:29PM 1.21		2:44AM 1.24		2:53PM 1.45	3:10AM 1.64		3:28PM 1.69	3:41AM 1.61		3:46PM 1.69	3:46AM 1.45		4:25PM 1.61	4:41AM 1.73		4:46PM 1.75		5:18AM 1.84	5:26PM 1.90
Low Tide / height (m)	7:17PM 0.44		7:29AM 0.52	7:58PM 0.35	8:34PM 0.42	8:37AM 0.48		8:56PM 0.56	8:46AM 0.35		9:32PM 0.22	9:21AM 0.31		9:35PM 0.14	9:52AM 0.26		10:29PM 0.08	10:24AM 0.20		10:57PM 0.05	11:20AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	mod. rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	3	10	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	22	18	21	18	21	26	24	26	21	20	19	21	17	21	18	18	23	29	21	24	24
Low °C	23	17	18	21	17	19	25	23	24	20	18	19	21	15	19	17	17	20	28	19	19	23
Chill °C (?)	24	22	18	21	18	21	26	24	26	21	20	18	21	15	21	17	16	23	29	20	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:54	-
Sunset	7:42	-	-	7:59	-	-	6:53	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	0.9 WSW	2.3 S	1.4 SW	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 S	1.2 SSW	3.0 SW	0.5 E	0.7 E	-	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	11	11	9	9	8	10	12	10	11	-	11	10	11	10	10	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.1 NW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SE	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 E	0.7 ESE	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	-	0.5 E	0.1 NW	-	0.9 E	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-
Period (s)	8	13	10	11	7	7	13	10	10	6	11	8	8	-	10	13	-	10	13	13	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	0.6 E	1.2 E	1.8 S	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	-	-	3.5 S	-	2.5 S	2.5 SE	1.3 SE	2.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	11	6	8	9	-	-	-	12	12	12	-	-	9	-	7	7	7	7

	Wednesday 14					Thursday 15								Friday 16								Sat
	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	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	3	2	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 ENE	1.9 SW	2.5 NE	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 E	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 S	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 S	1.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	8	14	8	15	12	9	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	8	9
Energy(?)	571	237	586	3361	1235	1528	1137	797	4060	238	2057	1201	1413	1039	1321	2541	646	253	548	625	553	569
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:39PM 1.14				1:59AM 1.24	2:02AM 1.20				2:04PM 1.41				2:02AM 1.35				2:42PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				7:17PM 0.44				7:46AM 0.82				8:00PM 0.38	8:29PM 0.44				8:37AM 0.48				9:06PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	22	21	25	21	24	21	18	27	18	18	17	16	16	22	21	19	23	21	23	23
Chill °C (?)	22	23	22	21	25	21	24	21	17	27	18	17	16	16	16	22	21	18	23	21	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 ENE	1.9 SW	1.8 ENE	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.1 E	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 S	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	13	8	14	8	15	12	9	12	11	11	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.9 SW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.2 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	0.8 WSW	0.5 E	0.1 NW	0.8 WSW	0.7 E	1.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.7 SSE	0.3 E	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	14	12	11	8	10	9	11	11	10	10	10	11	10	9	7	10	7	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 W	0.9 W	2.5 SW	2.3 ENE	0.6 W	2.5 NE	0.8 SW	2.4 S	0.9 NE	-	1.7 SE	-	1.9 S	-	2.3 SSW	-	1.2 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 S	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	-	3	4	12	8	3	8	5	11	6	-	6	-	11	-	12	-	6	6	6	8	9

	Wednesday 14															Thursday 15
	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	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North
Rating	3	2	3	5	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 SW	1.4 ENE	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 ENE	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	1.8 ENE	0.9 E
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	8	11	8	11	11	9	11	12	11	12	12	8	14	12	14	13	8	9
Energy(?)	571	273	392	392	383	430	338	211	363	323	459	1143	459	1496	711	1210	1557	1267	1540	2049	457	230
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						1:17PM 1.28												1:27AM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)												7:19PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	20	22	23	25	27	24	28	23	24	27	22	22	21	20	19	25	21	18	21	20	24	24
Chill °C (?)	20	22	23	25	27	24	28	23	24	27	22	22	21	20	19	25	21	17	21	20	24	24
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:07
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:53	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.5 SSW	1.3 SW	0.4 E	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 E	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	9	11	12	11	12	12	8	14	12	14	8	12	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.3 SSW	0.6 E	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.1 E	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 E	0.7 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	9	12	8	15	12	8	13	8	11	11	11	8	14	9	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 ENE	-	1.4 ENE	0.7 ESE	0.9 W	1.2 NE	-	1.6 W	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	0.6 W	-	0.7 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 ENE	1.1 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	8	-	8	4	4	5	-	6	-	-	-	8	3	-	4	13	8	5

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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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