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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	Fri	Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22
	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)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Seal Point Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Humewood Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	0	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	1	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.0 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s)	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	8	8	12	11	16
Energy	2254	2744	903	1016	789	721	683	767	892	1166	1090	744	1197	1557	1015	1157	668	441	325	212	308	537
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:55AM 1.99		3:22PM 1.84	3:39AM 1.73		4:04PM 1.60	4:20AM 1.75		4:48PM 1.58		5:06AM 1.64	5:34PM 1.48		5:52AM 1.52	6:26PM 1.46		6:41AM 1.62	7:24PM 1.61		7:41AM 1.19		8:37PM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)	8:40PM 0.33	9:16AM -0.00		9:23PM 0.06	9:56AM -0.01		10:06PM 0.08	10:38AM 0.02		10:52PM 0.13	11:20AM 0.10		11:41PM 0.23	12:08PM 0.20		12:36AM 0.35	12:49PM 0.50		1:27AM 0.68	1:57PM 0.40	2:01PM 0.42	3:03AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	18	18	21	21	18	18	19	19	19	20	18	19	19	16	18	18	18	17	18	16
Low °C	16	16	18	15	17	19	16	16	19	17	18	20	17	17	17	16	16	18	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	16	17	18	17	21	21	18	18	19	19	19	20	18	19	19	16	18	17	17	16	18	16
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.0 SW	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 WSW	2.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 E	0.9 SW	1.0 SE
Period (s)	13	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	8	8	9	13	13	12	9	9	8	8	12	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.9 S	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	6	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	13	13	17	12	14	14	13	12	8	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 E	1.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.4 E	0.5 E	-	2.5 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	-	0.3 NW	-	0.3 WSW	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	3	5	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	8	8	8	-	3	-	3	3	-	-

	Friday 15			Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	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	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Seal Point Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	2	0	0	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s)	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy	4002	3888	3196	2254	2053	3116	2744	1506	903	841	952	1016	1170	1051	789	511	721	606	678	683	852	872
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- 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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:41PM 1.78				2:55AM 1.99				3:22PM 1.84				3:37AM 1.79				4:04PM 1.60				4:20AM 1.75
Low Tide / height (m)			8:38PM 0.12				9:16AM -0.00				9:23PM 0.06				9:56AM -0.01				10:06PM 0.08
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	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	16	16	16	16	15	17	19	18	17	17	16	16	17	21	26	19	18	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	16	16	16	16	15	17	19	17	16	16	15	16	17	21	26	19	18	17	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07
Sunset	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 E	0.9 E	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S
Period (s)	17	12	11	11	11	13	13	11	13	14	11	13	11	11	6	6	11	11	11	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	1.1 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.3 E	-	-	1.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	5	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 15	Saturday 16
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef 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)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	5	4	2	0	0	1	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	6404	3990	4002	3790	3927	3888	3517	3510	3196	3101	3054	2254	2247	2171	2053	2062	3548	3116	3447	3403	2744	2626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	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	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:41PM 1.54												2:55AM 1.99
Low Tide / height (m)							8:38PM 0.12													9:16AM -0.00
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	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	17	18
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	17	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	16	16	17	17	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-