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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	Sat	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) 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)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	3	2	2	0	3	2	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.6 SSW	0.6 E	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	18	12	16	15	14	12
Energy	1348	789	748	719	754	915	688	589	777	532	565	621	606	568	578	364	485	194	631	274	271	1164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:37AM 1.79		4:05PM 1.62	4:20AM 1.75		4:49PM 1.59		5:02AM 1.89	5:35PM 1.78		5:49AM 1.77	6:25PM 1.70		6:43AM 1.37	7:25PM 1.37		7:44AM 1.23		8:37PM 1.30	8:58AM 1.36		10:00PM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)	9:22PM 0.07	9:56AM -0.01		10:06PM 0.08	10:38AM 0.02		10:52PM 0.12	11:15AM 0.28		11:39PM 0.21	12:00PM 0.38		12:36AM 0.35	1:00PM 0.31		1:27AM 0.68			3:03AM 0.55		3:05PM 0.71	4:35AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	16	21	23	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	19	20	19	19	21	18	20	20	18	19	19	17
Low °C	16	17	19	16	16	19	18	19	19	18	18	20	17	17	19	17	17	19	16	17	18	16
Chill °C (?)	15	21	23	18	18	19	19	19	18	20	19	20	19	19	21	18	20	20	17	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	0.4 SSE	0.6 WSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.7 SSW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	8	8	8	8	12	12	14	13	7	7	6	11	11	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.0 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 S	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 E	0.8 E	0.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	12	6	11	11	11	12	7	12	12	13	12	12	15	11	8	12	11	12	12	15	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 E	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	0.5 E	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	-	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	1.9 E	1.8 ESE	-	-	0.5 SW	1.2 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	6	6	-	8	8	8	8	-	-	3	5	5	5	-

	Saturday 16			Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Seal Point Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	0	0	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 S	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	14	14	13
Energy	912	828	1225	1348	1030	1049	789	791	748	657	663	719	917	861	754	786	915	337	624	688	551	534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- 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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:22PM 1.84				3:38AM 1.79				4:05PM 1.62				4:20AM 1.75				4:49PM 1.59					5:05AM 1.60
Low Tide / height (m)			9:23PM 0.06				9:56AM -0.01				10:06PM 0.08				10:38AM 0.02				10:52PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	16	16	16	17	21	21	19	18	17	17	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	17	14	16	16	17	21	21	19	18	17	17	16	16	18	19	19	19	19	18	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58
Sunset	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 E	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	7	16	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 S	1.2 E	1.2 S	1.0 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 ENE	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	12	6	11	6	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	12	12	12	7	7	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.3 ENE	1.1 E	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	4	5	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 16	Sunday 17
	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	West Pier (Port Alfred) 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)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	0	0	2	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 S
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy	1499	1025	912	901	915	828	834	1291	1225	1129	1305	1348	1205	1030	1030	1047	1043	1049	1006	780	789	570
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:22PM 1.84												3:38AM 1.79
Low Tide / height (m)								9:23PM 0.06												9:56AM -0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	19	21	24
Chill °C (?)	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	14	14	15	16	14	14	16	17	17	17	18	19	21	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 E
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 S
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	14	14	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	6	6	11	11	11	11	6	6	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.2 E	1.1 E	1.3 E	-	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6