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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	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Fri
	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	West Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	1	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.2 SE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	12	10	9	11	11	11	12	11	13	14	13	9	9	9	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Energy	2410	2674	2630	1359	1080	1016	1090	1277	1329	540	2084	2282	2120	1949	809	990	1072	1374	1524	1388	952	730
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:48PM 1.32		6:50AM 1.27	7:36PM 1.25		7:40AM 1.20		8:36PM 1.28	8:45AM 1.10		9:38PM 1.30	10:14AM 1.33		10:48PM 1.35	11:26AM 1.16		11:57PM 1.43	12:34PM 1.25		12:53AM 1.52	1:32PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	12:28PM 0.31		12:49AM 0.70	1:09PM 0.38		1:42AM 0.53	1:59PM 0.43		2:48AM 0.55		2:59PM 0.47	4:06AM 0.53		4:10PM 0.46		5:20AM 0.45	5:21PM 0.45		6:25AM 0.35	6:27PM 0.38		7:22AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	15	14	18	15	16	18	17	22	16	17	16	19	16	18	22	19	21	24	16	16
Low °C	14	14	13	12	18	15	14	17	17	18	15	15	15	18	14	14	21	18	16	20	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	13	14	18	15	16	18	17	22	14	16	15	19	16	18	22	19	21	24	15	16
Sunrise	7:09	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22
Sunset	-	5:17	-	-	5:10	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:09	-	-	5:15	-	-	5:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 E	1.0 E	1.6 SW	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	9	9	11	11	12	11	13	10	10	13	9	9	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SE	1.5 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.0 S	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 SW	-	0.9 E	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.1 E	0.9 E	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	9	8	11	11	11	14	-	10	13	12	7	9	9	6	8	9	9	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 ENE	-	2.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 NE	0.8 E	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	13	9	9	9	3	6	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Salad Bowls 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)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	East Pier (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period(s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Energy	3399	3119	3326	2473	2410	2064	2674	2459	2331	2630	1927	1514	1359	1205	1080	1071	1144	1016	655	1008	1090	1290
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	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
High Tide / height (m)				6:09AM 1.29				6:48PM 1.32				6:50AM 1.27				7:35PM 1.30				7:47AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)		12:08AM 0.44				12:20PM 0.51				12:49AM 0.70				1:09PM 0.38				1:42AM 0.53				1:57PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	16	16	14	13	12	13	12	12	14	16	18	15	15	15	14	15	16	18
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	11	14	14	12	11	10	11	11	11	14	16	18	15	15	15	14	15	16	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	9	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 E	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.4 ESE	1.6 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.1 SW	1.4 ESE	1.5 ESE
Period (s)	14	-	14	11	11	9	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	8	8	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	10	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross 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)	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)	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)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	2	2	1	1	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	10
Energy	3729	3475	3399	3361	3290	3119	3407	2930	3326	3359	2473	2473	2420	2402	2410	2350	2298	2064	2036	1989	2674	2508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:09AM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)					12:08AM 0.44												12:28PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	14	14	14	14	-	-	14	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	18	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10