Eastern Cape South Surf

Eastern Cape South Surf Forecast

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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	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	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 Eastern Cape South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	0	2	3	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	10	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	2333	2976	6052	3710	2910	1793	1774	1400	1090	1075	1166	1574	1137	1339	3584	1224	1027	780	1104	1559	1358	1234
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:34AM 1.39	6:09PM 1.59		6:09AM 1.33	6:51PM 1.55		6:50AM 1.27	7:36PM 1.25		7:40AM 1.20		8:31PM 1.29	8:46AM 1.14		9:38PM 1.30	10:06AM 1.13		10:48PM 1.35	11:26AM 1.16		11:57PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	11:25PM 0.59	11:50AM 0.29		12:08AM 0.44	12:27PM 0.33		12:51AM 0.50	1:09PM 0.38		1:42AM 0.53	1:59PM 0.43		2:51AM 0.55		2:59PM 0.47	4:06AM 0.53		4:09PM 0.48		5:20AM 0.45	5:22PM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	26	5	4	4	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	16	15	16	15	14	14	18	16	16	18	17	14	15	15	15	18	16	18	23	21
Low °C	13	15	16	13	13	15	11	11	16	14	14	18	16	13	15	14	14	17	14	14	22	18
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	14	15	13	12	14	17	16	16	18	17	13	14	14	15	18	16	18	23	21
Sunrise	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.0 E	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	11	11	9	9	11	11	12	12	12	14	10	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	-	0.9 E	0.8 SW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	-	-	12	11	11	12	12	11	9	8	11	11	11	11	-	10	6	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	-	-	1.7 SSW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	0.8 ENE	0.7 W	3.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	-	-	0.5 ENE	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	11	-	-	10	5	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	13	7	-	-	4	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	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 Eastern Cape South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Pipe Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	1.7 SW	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	9	12	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	9	9
Energy	2945	2453	2194	2333	3123	3061	2976	3212	6052	3501	3569	3710	3110	3240	2910	3020	1793	2312	2046	1774	2087	1826
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:30PM 1.39				5:34AM 1.39				6:07PM 1.35				6:09AM 1.33				6:48PM 1.32				6:52AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				11:25PM 0.59				11:50AM 0.29				12:08AM 0.44				12:20PM 0.51				12:51AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	9	13	10	1	2	2	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	15	13	16	15	15	14	12	12	13	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	14	12	13	11	15	13	13	12	10	10	11	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 S	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	2.0 SSW	1.6 SE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	13	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	9	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	1.7 SW	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 SE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	2.4 SE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SSW	0.8 WNW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	9	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	5	9	9

	Wednesday 03									Thursday 04
	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 Eastern Cape South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties 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)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 SE	1.7 SW	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	8	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Energy	1313	1883	2945	2945	1566	2453	3219	2161	2194	2282	2337	2333	3189	3132	3123	3045	3095	3061	3057	3059	2976	3160
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:30PM 1.39												5:34AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)										11:25PM 0.59												11:50AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	5	3	3	5	3	4	5	4	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	10	13	13	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	1.0 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	0.2 W	0.2 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	13	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SSE	2.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11