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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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	1	1	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Energy	3067	2455	1912	1409	1281	1118	1032	1169	1233	1045	1302	614	2574	1341	1040	744	1145	2093	1636	1258	1413	1231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:09AM 1.29	6:51PM 1.55		6:50AM 1.27	7:37PM 1.29		7:44AM 1.20		8:36PM 1.28	8:46AM 1.14		9:38PM 1.30	10:06AM 1.13		10:48PM 1.35	11:26AM 1.16		11:54PM 1.43	12:34PM 1.25		12:53AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	12:08AM 0.44	12:28PM 0.31		12:49AM 0.70	1:09PM 0.38		1:44AM 0.52	1:57PM 0.43		2:48AM 0.55		2:57PM 0.67	4:06AM 0.53		4:09PM 0.48		5:20AM 0.45	5:21PM 0.45		6:25AM 0.35	6:27PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	14	16	16	16	18	18	18	16	15	17	18	17	18	22	19	17	17	15
Low °C	13	14	15	13	12	16	15	15	17	17	16	15	15	15	18	14	14	21	15	14	16	13
Chill °C (?)	15	14	14	13	14	16	16	16	18	18	17	14	13	17	18	17	18	22	19	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	7:09	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	2.2 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.0 SSW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	9	9	11	11	11	11	12	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.7 SE	1.5 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.4 SW	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	11	11	18	12	11	9	9	12	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.1 W	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NE	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 NNE	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	4	-	-	-	3	-	6	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (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)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	4	4	4	2	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	2.4 SW	2.3 SSW	1.7 SE	2.3 SW	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	12	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	3743	3815	3434	3067	3289	2523	2455	2103	1912	2322	2145	1409	2013	1456	1281	1144	1118	1023	1114	1032	617	994
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	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	high
High Tide / height (m)		6:07PM 1.35				6:09AM 1.29				6:48PM 1.32				6:50AM 1.27				7:35PM 1.30				7:40AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)				12:08AM 0.44				12:20PM 0.51				12:49AM 0.70				1:09PM 0.38				1:44AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	14	13	14	16	16	15	13	12	13	13	12	14	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	12	11	12	14	14	13	11	10	11	11	11	14	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20
Sunset	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	4.0 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	0.9 S	1.2 SW
Period (s)	-	12	11	11	14	11	11	12	18	11	15	12	11	11	11	11	9	8	8	9	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSE	-	-	-	1.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SSW	1.1 W	2.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	11	9	9	9	10	10	10	5	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04									Friday 05
	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	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls 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)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	4	4	4	2	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	4.0 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	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	3581	3060	3743	3743	3815	3815	3724	3472	3434	3391	3316	3067	3708	3338	3289	3289	2527	2523	2417	2518	2455	2419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					6:07PM 1.35												6:09AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)											12:08AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	15	14	15	15	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	3.5 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	4.0 SSE	4.0 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	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	-	-	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	-	4.0 SSE	4.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	11	-	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9