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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	Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sun
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	1	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	16	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	15
Energy	2557	1648	1130	1788	1454	1121	545	651	800	1056	1144	2039	1350	2577	1846	1664	1128	1078	1003	701	503	687
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:12PM 1.53	3:28AM 1.69		3:59PM 1.59	4:16AM 1.68		4:47PM 1.61		5:02AM 1.62	5:34PM 1.55		5:44AM 1.76	6:21PM 1.57		6:34AM 1.43	7:09PM 1.71		7:22AM 1.29		8:03PM 1.43	8:17AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	9:02AM 0.08		9:14PM 0.15	9:48AM 0.04		10:04PM 0.13	10:33AM 0.04		10:53PM 0.14	11:18AM 0.07		11:43PM 0.20	11:53AM 0.31		12:33AM 0.28	12:46PM 0.21		1:23AM 0.37	1:32PM 0.30		2:23AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	15	15	16	15	17	17	17	17	18	16	16	18	17	15	16	16	15	22	22	19
Low °C	12	17	13	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	15	15	16	15	15	16	14	13	21	19	18
Chill °C (?)	14	17	14	13	14	14	17	16	17	17	18	15	16	18	17	15	16	15	14	22	22	19
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24
Sunset	-	5:16	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:17	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	6	9	11	11	8	13	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.8 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.8 SE	0.5 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	0.1 S	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	10	6	6	9	9	7	8	10	8	8	8	8	16	10	10	9	-	20	7	7	8	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 E	-	0.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 E	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	0.1 E	1.3 ENE	1.3 E	-	0.4 NW	0.7 W
Period (s)	6	-	4	12	11	8	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	-	9	5	7	-	2	4

	Sat	Sunday 14								Monday 15								Tuesday 16
	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	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Salad Bowls Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	3676	3296	2974	3070	2557	1869	1648	1592	1232	1130	1016	1404	1788	1219	1454	1093	2286	1121	629	688	545	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:40AM 1.67				3:12PM 1.53				3:28AM 1.69				3:59PM 1.59				4:15AM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)	8:22PM 0.22				9:02AM 0.08				9:14PM 0.15				9:48AM 0.04				10:04PM 0.12				10:33AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	14	17	17	15	14	13	13	13	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	12	14	17	17	14	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	0.4 ESE	1.7 SSW	0.4 ESE	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	6	11	9	11	11	11	8	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 ESE	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	6	6	10	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	8	7	11	9	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	-	1.0 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	1.5 WSW	2.3 SW	1.0 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	-	5	5	6	-	-	-	3	4	5	7	12	8	11	8	11	8	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 13			Sunday 14
	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)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef 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)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	1	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	2406	3676	3676	3685	3581	3296	3347	3202	2974	3072	3022	3070	2776	2552	2557	2325	2098	1869	1711	1884	1648	1592
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							2:40AM 1.67													3:11PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21PM 0.41													9:02AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	12	13	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	11	12	12	13	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 E	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	6	6	6	10	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.7 E	0.4 ENE	-	-	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	3	4	3	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-