South Africa Surf

Detailed South Africa surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in South Africa. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in South Africa. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in South Africa over the next 7 days. Surf photos from South Africa and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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South Africa Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Wed	Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	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
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.2 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	14	12	11	10	10	14	14	13	12	13	14
Energy(?)	555	577	530	585	1234	1065	1022	526	660	572	530	541	5508	3065	1342	1003	1442	1712
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	9:41PM	10:26AM		11:04PM	11:48AM		12:09AM	1:06PM	10:10PM	1:39AM		2:01PM	2:20AM		2:16PM	2:20AM		2:52PM
Low Tide / height (m)	4:25AM	3:04PM	4:39PM		5:42AM	5:53PM		7:03AM	7:07PM		7:57AM	8:00PM		8:02AM	4:25AM	8:10PM	8:43AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	23	27	21	20	19	19	27	18	16	16	17	15	19	18	16	21	20
Low °C	19	16	26	19	17	19	18	21	17	15	14	16	14	15	17	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	21	23	27	21	20	19	19	27	18	16	15	16	13	19	17	15	21	20
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	6:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:55
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.2 W	2.1 W	2.0 W	1.2 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	14	12	11	10	10	14	14	13	12	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 S	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 S	-	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SE	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	-	1.6 W
Period (s)	-	10	11	10	11	11	13	8	12	-	11	17	11	10	11	16	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	1.6 ENE	0.4 W	-	0.5 NW	0.5 WNW	-	-	0.7 NNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	4	-	-	-	7	3	-	3	4	-	-	4	-	-	-

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.8 W
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	630	520	520	555	669	698	577	520	530	607	596	585	556	1206	1234	1304	1065	757
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:49PM 1.27				10:27AM 1.33					11:49PM 1.32				11:39AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)	3:09PM 0.75				4:25AM 0.73					5:04PM 0.60				5:34AM 0.39				5:49PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	19	20	16	16	23	28	26	21	20	20	19	17	20	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	18	19	19	20	16	16	23	28	26	21	20	20	19	17	20	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 WSW	1.7 W	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.1 W	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.1 W	1.8 W
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 WSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	9	11	11	11	11	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.6 NE	0.7 NE	0.8 NE	0.8 NE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-