Eastern Cape South Surf

Detailed Eastern Cape South 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 Eastern Cape South. 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 Eastern Cape South. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Eastern Cape South over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Eastern Cape South and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Eastern Cape South Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Eastern Cape South Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Eastern Cape South coastline are also listed below.

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Eastern Cape South Wavefinder

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	Wednesday 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	5	9	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	2	4	3	3	3	3	2	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SW	6.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 S	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	12	13	8
Energy	7283	12450	12184	3425	2580	3100	4497	3812	3175	2822	1191	1167	766	670	542	622	734	1071	660	550	685	1020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:16PM 1.56		1:34AM 1.55	1:59PM 1.45		2:14AM 1.72		2:41PM 1.78	2:58AM 1.72		3:24PM 1.54	3:37AM 1.79		4:05PM 1.62	4:21AM 1.74		4:48PM 1.60		5:06AM 1.64	5:35PM 1.54		5:52AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		7:10PM 0.30		7:53AM 0.16	7:55PM 0.19		8:34AM 0.05		8:41PM 0.10	9:16AM -0.00		9:22PM 0.07	9:56AM -0.01		10:07PM 0.06	10:37AM 0.02		10:53PM 0.13	11:20AM 0.10		11:41PM 0.23	12:08PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
High °C	16	15	15	16	18	15	18	18	17	17	19	17	20	21	18	19	20	21	22	22	19	19
Low °C	16	15	14	14	15	15	15	17	16	15	18	16	17	18	18	18	20	19	20	22	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	13	15	18	15	18	17	17	17	19	17	20	21	18	19	20	21	22	22	19	19
Sunrise	7:00	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07
Sunset	-	5:29	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:22	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 S	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 S	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	1.7 S	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 E	1.2 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	-	13	12	12	15	14	14	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	13	8	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	2.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.4 WSW	1.9 S	1.2 SW	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	1.3 SW	1.1 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	20	11	16	17	11	13	11	12	11	11	7	7	7	6	7	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	6.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	1.9 WSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	0.9 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	-	-	-	-	12	-	-	11	5	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	4	8

	Tue	Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Riet River Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	3	4	2	3	3	5	9	8	9	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	6.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period(s)	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	14	14	14
Energy	3802	4463	13955	6633	7283	7801	12450	9778	7847	12184	10042	4001	3425	2861	2580	2280	2204	3100	3073	3816	4497	4509
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:49AM 1.69				1:16PM 1.56				1:34AM 1.55				1:59PM 1.45					2:15AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)				7:15AM 0.53				7:10PM 0.30				7:53AM 0.16				7:55PM 0.19					8:34AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	14	16	18	15	14	14	15	15	15	18	19
Chill °C (?)	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	12	13	12	12	13	15	18	15	14	14	15	14	14	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	14	11	11	10	10	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	2.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	14	14	11	18	10	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	6.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	6.0 SW	-	-	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	-	-	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12	Wednesday 13
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	3	4	2	3	3	5	9	8	9	9	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	6.5 SW	4.0 SSW	6.0 SW	6.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Energy	3615	3621	3802	3925	4137	4463	4881	13049	13955	5688	6217	6633	6980	6919	7283	7210	7578	7801	14825	6678	12450	12450
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:49AM 1.69													1:16PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)												7:15AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	13	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:29	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	14	14	14	11	11	-	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	6.5 SW	6.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	6.5 SW	4.0 SSW	6.0 SW	6.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13