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

	Fri		Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Fri
	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	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hell West Coast	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Tofinho Inhambane	Heaven West Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	3	4	5	3	4	4	3	3	3	1	4	3	0	4	4	1	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	3.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.8 SW	3.0 S	1.7 S	3.0 S	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	1.6 S	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	2.5 S	1.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.5 S	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	7	8	8	9	7	8	9	10	9	16	8	6	13	15	9	15	14	13	13
Energy(?)	535	4353	430	485	3106	444	2334	1405	1809	665	277	87	714	1197	377	1059	1815	50	1895	2161	1781	1782
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:39AM 1.25	12:57PM 1.39		1:25AM 1.21	1:40PM 1.73				2:01PM 1.58	2:26AM 1.50		2:04PM 1.48	2:57AM 1.45		2:33PM 1.44	3:01AM 1.45		3:38PM 1.68	3:53AM 1.62		3:37PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	6:44PM 0.74		6:37AM 0.47	7:27PM 0.62		7:23AM 0.58	7:58PM 0.51	9:24PM 0.52	7:51AM 0.38		8:22PM 0.25	8:22AM 0.33		8:50PM 0.18	8:32AM 0.28		8:54PM 0.16	9:18AM 0.46		9:44PM 0.18	9:33AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	light rain	clear	clear	mod. rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	21	18	19	16	18	23	18	22	26	17	21	19	17	21	25	20	22	22	20	22	24
Low °C	20	18	17	19	14	18	20	15	22	25	16	20	18	15	17	23	18	21	21	18	19	21
Chill °C (?)	20	21	18	18	13	17	23	16	22	26	16	21	19	15	21	25	20	22	22	19	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:16	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:43	-	-	4:50	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:48	-	-	5:31	-
Sunset	6:27	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	3.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.8 SW	0.6 SE	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	0.5 S	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	10	12	10	9	15	9	13	12	8	11	7	9	16	14	13	13	15	9	15	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.8 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 S	0.3 NW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 NW	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	-	0.1 NW	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	14	14	9	11	12	7	15	15	14	13	10	11	10	13	20	18	12	10	-	12	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	-	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 S	1.7 S	3.0 S	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	1.6 S	0.8 E	1.2 ENE	1.4 SSW	2.5 S	1.6 SE	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.0 ENE	1.0 ESE	2.3 SE	1.8 SE	2.2 ESE
Period (s)	5	-	7	7	8	8	9	7	8	9	4	5	8	8	6	7	8	5	4	7	7	6

	Friday 14					Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Mon
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	9AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gansbaai Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 E	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	3.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 S	2.4 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	7	7	7	8	13	10	9	9	12	15	12	14	13	13	14	9	13	12	9
Energy(?)	585	231	474	387	1128	1355	1404	3736	430	531	623	1065	4026	2244	3882	3201	3599	1741	729	1905	1146	1802
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	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
High Tide / height (m)		12:09PM 1.39				12:42AM 1.41				12:54PM 1.45				1:22AM 1.25				1:31PM 1.73				1:30AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				6:48PM 0.71				8:18AM 0.78				7:22PM 0.41				6:53AM 0.39				7:53PM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	22	19	17	19	19	25	18	18	18	17	16	17	15	16	21	18	18	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	20	21	22	19	17	19	19	25	18	18	18	17	15	17	14	15	21	18	18	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	0.9 WSW	1.3 E	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.6 ENE	3.5 SSW	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	6	7	7	7	8	13	10	10	9	9	15	12	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	9	10	10	-	9	7	10	12	10	9	16	13	13	9	9	-	15	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	2.4 NE	2.5 NE	2.5 NE	0.5 E	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	0.4 E	-	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	-	1.5 S	-	2.0 S	2.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	7	8	4	7	9	-	-	7	-	6	6	8	-	9	-	8	9

	Friday 14															Saturday 15
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	5PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	TTs West	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gansbaai Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	4	5	4	5	5	5	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 WSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 S
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	7	7	8	10	10	10	8	8
Energy(?)	690	389	798	349	564	673	697	2124	224	414	202	202	385	406	558	600	1402	478	402	406	525	1219
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)					12:16PM 1.25												12:13AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)											6:43PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	24	21	25	20	21	25	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	19	18	18	16	15
Chill °C (?)	20	22	24	21	25	20	21	25	19	19	19	19	17	17	15	16	14	18	18	18	14	13
Sunrise	4:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 E	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 W	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	10	11	11	8	9	10	10	15	10	11	10	10	10	7	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.4 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 W	1.0 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	1.0 E	0.6 SE	0.7 E	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	8	11	8	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	18	7	12	7	13	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.4 E	1.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.0 ENE	3.0 SSW	-	-	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.5 WSW	2.3 S	2.3 S	3.0 S	0.9 SW	2.3 NE	1.0 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	6	5	6	6	4	4	10	-	-	2	2	6	3	7	7	8	10	7	10	8	8

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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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