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 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			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	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Yzerfontein West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.3 NE	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	8	11	11	11	7	7	12	13	13	18	16	17
Energy	1154	1331	1211	2075	3715	3320	3040	1208	2162	1138	1301	1216	1016	1063	509	798	1013	1058	1020	3117	4367	3051
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:53AM 1.52	1:04PM 1.31		1:48AM 1.60		2:01PM 1.64	2:07AM 1.57		3:14PM 1.48	3:32AM 1.77		3:58PM 1.71	4:15AM 1.68		4:23PM 1.54	4:39AM 1.53		5:32PM 1.73		5:47AM 1.54	6:22PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	6:27PM 0.38		6:51AM 0.18	7:04PM 0.31		7:48AM 0.32			9:02AM 0.08		9:15PM 0.15	9:48AM 0.04		10:04PM 0.13	10:08AM 0.01		10:32PM 0.12	10:55AM 0.07		11:35PM 0.39	12:01PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	15	15	16	15	13	15	15	15	21	22	16	17	16	14	18	17	17	19	16	17	19
Low °C	18	15	14	15	13	13	14	13	11	18	20	13	15	14	12	17	14	17	16	15	16	19
Chill °C (?)	20	15	13	16	13	13	15	15	14	21	22	15	16	16	13	18	17	16	19	16	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	5:16	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:07	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	0.3 E	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.4 ESE	2.1 SSW	1.8 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.3 SW	1.6 S	1.4 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	9	13	13	13	13	13	8	6	11	9	8	8	12	10	13	18	16	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.1 NW	0.3 E	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.8 E	1.2 E	1.0 S	0.3 E	0.4 ESE	1.5 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SW	-	1.8 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.6 SE
Period (s)	9	8	-	12	9	10	10	10	6	8	13	9	9	11	10	12	8	13	-	7	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	-	3.0 WSW	-	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 NE	2.2 SW	-	-	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 S	-	1.8 ESE	2.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	4	-	11	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	8	11	-	-	7	7	9	-	7	7	-	-

	Thursday 11					Friday 12								Saturday 13								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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	2.3 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	11	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1028	1020	1154	1219	1219	1331	1436	252	1211	4646	2075	1713	1461	3715	5971	3144	3320	3310	3040	3225	3176	1208
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass
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	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:33PM 1.46				12:53AM 1.52				1:04PM 1.31				1:48AM 1.60					2:01PM 1.64
Low Tide / height (m)				6:27PM 0.38				7:25AM 0.28				7:08PM 0.50				7:43AM 0.09				7:57PM 0.22	8:22PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	25	18	15	15	15	15	20	15	16	16	15	14	14	16	13	13	14	15	15	13	14
Chill °C (?)	23	25	17	15	15	15	14	20	13	15	16	15	14	12	15	12	13	14	15	14	12	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 ENE	2.3 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 E	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	9	11	11	11	10	10	9	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.8 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.3 E	0.6 E	1.4 W	1.3 W	1.1 W	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.3 E	0.5 W
Period (s)	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	11	-	-	12	13	12	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.6 NW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.1 E	-
Period (s)	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	11	12	-	-	-	-	5	5	-

	Thursday 11															Friday 12
	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	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	5	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy	1028	1028	1028	580	1156	1020	1102	970	1154	1074	1135	1219	1219	1581	1219	1240	1239	1331	1287	1386	1436	1436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					12:34PM 1.25												12:53AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)											6:27PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	23	19	24	25	20	17	18	17	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	19	21	23	19	24	25	20	17	17	17	16	15	15	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 WSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	-	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.8 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 W	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	-	-	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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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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