South Africa Surf

Detailed South Africa 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 South Africa. 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 South Africa. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in South Africa over the next 7 days. Surf photos from South Africa and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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South Africa Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			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 South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dunes Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	12	14	13	14	14	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	12	16	16	14	13	12	14	14
Energy	818	1036	1035	1131	1300	1592	3502	1589	1352	1399	1208	1663	656	454	570	602	500	665	1182	1149	1385	1036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		3:43PM 1.62	3:55AM 1.62		4:28PM 1.52			5:19PM 1.53		5:34AM 1.43	6:11PM 1.39		6:25AM 1.56	7:25PM 1.37		7:40AM 1.40		8:24PM 1.51	8:57AM 1.09		9:38PM 1.25	10:25AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30AM -0.05		9:45PM 0.10	10:15AM -0.00		10:53PM 0.15	11:02AM 0.08		11:42PM 0.25	11:52AM 0.18		12:27AM 0.55	12:45PM 0.38		1:30AM 0.65	1:58PM 0.64		3:06AM 0.69		3:06PM 0.46	4:17AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	16	17	20	17	18	19	18	18	19	20	18	20	21	18	18	17	16	17	16	16
Low °C	15	19	15	15	20	17	16	17	17	16	18	17	17	18	19	17	18	16	16	16	14	15
Chill °C (?)	16	20	15	16	20	17	18	19	18	17	19	20	18	20	21	18	18	17	16	17	16	16
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 S	2.5 S	1.1 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	2.2 SE	2.0 ESE	0.7 SW	1.2 ENE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	14	13	14	14	8	10	13	13	12	12	8	8	13	6	10	12	14	13	12	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 S	-	0.6 S	0.4 S	-	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	0.1 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	-	10	10	-	13	13	15	13	16	15	14	13	8	12	16	16	11	17	15	12	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	1.9 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.9 S	2.1 SSE	3.0 S	2.5 S	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	2.5 ESE	-	1.6 ESE	1.7 NE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.7 SSE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	7	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	-	7	6	7	5	4	3	4	4	4

	Sat	Sunday 17								Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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 South Africa	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Hell West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSE
Period(s)	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	9	8	8	9	9	8
Energy	1000	1174	1007	1049	818	1568	1036	1117	1141	1035	1001	1068	1131	1227	1300	1420	1774	1592	1658	3609	3502	1370
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	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	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:08AM 1.66				3:43PM 1.62				3:55AM 1.62				4:28PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	9:27PM 0.03				9:30AM -0.05				9:46PM 0.11				10:15AM -0.00				10:35PM 0.15					11:04AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	17	16	17	17	20	19	18	16	15	15	15	17	20	20	18	17	17	17	16	18	18
Chill °C (?)	22	17	16	17	16	20	18	17	16	14	14	14	16	20	20	18	16	17	17	15	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	8	8	10	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 E	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.9 S	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	7	12	11	11	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	13	12	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	11	6	6	10	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	9	8	8	9	9	8

	Saturday 16	Sunday 17
	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 South Africa	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 S	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	11	14	14	14	14	14
Energy	1041	1251	1000	1000	1241	1174	1073	1020	1007	1007	1007	1049	553	1069	818	966	1892	1568	1545	1059	1036	1123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)								3:08AM 1.66												3:43PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)														9:30AM -0.04
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	20	19	22	21	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	17	20	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	20	19	22	21	18	17	17	17	16	16	14	17	20	15	16	19	20	20	20	20	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	1.3 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.5 E	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	12	7	7	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	11	11	11	6	6	6

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