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

	Sat	Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Mzimpuni Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Brak River Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	5	5	5	6	4	4	5	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	2.2 SE	3.5 S	3.0 S	2.0 S	1.7 SE	1.5 SE
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	13	13	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	827	1066	1009	556	810	1360	1127	1275	1575	1493	1669	544	3106	3511	4204	5063	1391	4895	3389	1046	1021	624
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:02AM 1.63		3:48PM 1.44	3:33AM 1.61		3:59PM 1.36	4:06AM 1.41		4:54PM 1.72	4:39AM 1.31		5:30PM 1.41		5:35AM 1.40	6:06PM 1.38		6:05AM 1.62	6:46PM 1.62		6:50AM 1.39	7:35PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	8:54PM 0.57	9:39AM 0.22		9:27PM 0.57	9:46AM 0.43		10:04PM 0.34	10:22AM 0.25		10:37PM 0.36	10:53AM 0.30		11:29PM 0.36	11:51AM 0.27		12:06AM 0.42	12:15PM 0.50		12:47AM 0.50	1:08PM 0.40		1:41AM 0.74
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	3	31	6	5	20	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	23	26	18	17	20	17	17	16	14	16	19	14	15	14	14	13	18	15	17	19	16
Low °C	15	17	24	17	16	18	16	16	16	13	16	17	13	14	13	13	11	18	12	13	18	14
Chill °C (?)	16	23	26	18	17	20	16	16	15	12	16	19	12	14	12	12	12	17	14	17	19	16
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:39	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:30	-	-	6:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:29	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:02	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SW	2.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.4 S	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.2 SE	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.7 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	13	13	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.7 ESE	1.1 E	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 ESE	0.9 W	0.7 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.4 ESE	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	-	7	6	12	14	13	13	11	8	11	11	8	13	12	8	8	11	15	13	11	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SSE	-	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.5 S	-	3.5 S	3.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	7	-	-	-	-	10	10	8	-	-	10	10	11	11	-	11	11	-	-	-

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	1321	1080	1087	827	944	1002	1066	1197	1009	1064	1030	556	605	596	810	1027	1360	1377	1434	1127	1280	1345
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:18PM 1.41				3:02AM 1.63				3:48PM 1.44				3:33AM 1.61				3:59PM 1.36				4:06AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			9:16PM 0.30				9:39AM 0.22				9:48PM 0.30				9:46AM 0.43				10:02PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	16	16	16	23	25	24	24	24	17	17	16	17	20	18	16	16	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	18	17	18	16	16	16	23	25	24	24	24	17	17	16	17	20	18	15	15	17	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41
Sunset	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	6	7	7	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.8 W	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	5	4	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-

	Saturday 30									Sunday 31
	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	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1334	1368	1321	1216	1098	1080	1089	1101	1087	1082	1007	827	884	884	944	869	946	1002	1105	1119	1066	1049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:16PM 1.42												3:02AM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)								9:16PM 0.30												9:39AM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	21	23	24
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	19	21	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	5	5	5	4	4	5	-	7	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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