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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Eastern Cape South Wavefinder

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	Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wed
	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	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	2	2	0	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.6 SSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	11	8	13	12	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	10
Energy	615	692	706	1556	1271	282	322	168	87	969	514	590	697	686	817	1820	2062	1461	1504	1182	821	1157
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		6:25PM 1.70		6:43AM 1.36	7:27PM 1.36		7:44AM 1.23		8:36PM 1.24	9:02AM 1.12		10:00PM 1.28	10:33AM 1.09		11:17PM 1.30	11:50AM 1.12		12:16AM 1.35	12:48PM 1.19		1:03AM 1.40	1:33PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	12:00PM 0.38		12:25AM 0.56	1:00PM 0.31		1:27AM 0.68			2:58AM 0.55		3:15PM 0.49	4:35AM 0.57		4:37PM 0.53		5:52AM 0.52	5:51PM 0.50		6:48AM 0.44	6:43PM 0.46		7:30AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	10	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	19	20	24	21	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	21	19	19	20	18	23	24	17	18
Low °C	18	20	17	17	23	16	16	18	17	16	17	15	16	19	17	17	18	18	18	19	17	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	20	24	21	19	19	18	17	16	17	18	21	19	19	20	18	23	24	17	18
Sunrise	7:05	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	5:21	-	-	5:21	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSW	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.3 E	1.1 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	14	8	8	8	8	7	8	14	13	12	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.8 SW	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	11	13	13	10	12	10	12	11	11	6	11	11	16	16	10	10	5	6	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.2 E	0.4 W	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	2.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.8 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	-
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	3	4	5	6	8	7	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	4	6	-

	Wednesday 20							Thursday 21								Friday 22
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
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)	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)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista 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)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Flat Rocks (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.0 SW	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.7 SSW
Period(s)	7	13	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	16
Energy	600	594	615	627	692	674	628	706	1045	963	1556	1362	1271	709	283	282	360	356	322	190	168	406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)						6:25PM 1.70				6:44AM 1.37				7:24PM 1.61				7:44AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)				12:00PM 0.38				12:25AM 0.56				1:00PM 0.31				1:27AM 0.68				1:48PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	4	3	1	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	19	20	20	19	18	18	16	17	20	24	24	21	19	17	16	16	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	16	18	19	20	18	17	17	15	16	20	24	24	21	19	17	16	16	19	19	17	17
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:20	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.0 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E
Period (s)	12	8	12	12	12	12	8	14	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	16	11	11	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	10	12	12	12	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.9 SE	1.6 E	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	2.2 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 E	-	0.4 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	3	4	4	4	4	5	5

	Wednesday 20	Thu
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Eastern Cape South	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth 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)	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)	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)
Rating	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	0	2
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 ESE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.9 SE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period(s)	7	7	7	7	13	13	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7
Energy	627	626	600	846	554	594	501	579	615	615	588	627	638	633	692	673	692	674	674	628	628	628
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	6:25PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)										12:00PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	17	18	17	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	17	18	16	17	18	18	20	20	19	19	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.9 SE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	8	8	7	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SSE	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	16	16	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.1 ESE	1.6 E	1.6 E	-	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.1 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	2.2 ESE	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7