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

	Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Sat
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Snake Park Durban/KZN South	Rame Head Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mtunzini KZN North	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	2	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SSW	1.2 SW	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.5 S	2.5 SSE
Period(s)	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	11	11	11	13	12	12	9	10	11	11	12	12	11	12
Energy	1249	1235	827	1043	1009	515	1071	1565	1084	910	721	1534	1754	451	3306	3170	3092	5581	3480	3078	3285	2675
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:18PM 1.41	3:02AM 1.63		3:48PM 1.44	3:33AM 1.61		4:06PM 1.58	4:05AM 1.35		4:54PM 1.52	4:39AM 1.31		5:12PM 1.43		5:36AM 1.65	6:07PM 1.36		6:11AM 1.36	6:47PM 1.34		6:52AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	8:44AM 0.20		8:54PM 0.57	9:38AM 0.23		9:27PM 0.57	9:49AM 0.21		10:02PM 0.33	10:42AM 0.24		10:37PM 0.36	10:53AM 0.30		11:29PM 0.36	11:49AM 0.45		12:06AM 0.49	12:28PM 0.32		12:46AM 0.52	1:02PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	mod. rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	mod. rain	heavy rain	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	38	9	16	9	8	11	-	-
High °C	16	19	16	22	24	17	17	18	17	17	16	15	17	19	14	15	13	12	13	14	17	14
Low °C	14	17	15	16	23	16	17	18	15	17	15	12	16	18	12	15	13	11	12	13	15	12
Chill °C (?)	15	19	16	22	24	17	17	18	17	16	15	13	17	19	12	14	12	12	12	12	16	13
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:39	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:56	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	5:19	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:05	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SSW	1.2 SW	3.0 SSE	2.4 S	3.5 SSE	3.5 SE	3.5 SSE	3.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	11	11	11	13	12	12	9	10	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.8 ESE	-	0.7 ESE	1.2 E	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.9 WSW	0.7 W	0.4 W	0.7 SSW	0.6 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	7	-	7	7	12	7	13	12	8	8	11	11	10	13	8	12	11	8	8	8	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	-	2.1 SSE	-	0.4 S	3.5 SSE	3.0 SSW	-	3.5 SE	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	2.5 S	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	7	-	2	9	10	-	11	12	12	11	6

	Fri	Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	2397	1945	1594	1521	1249	1131	1235	1117	1004	827	800	1049	1043	1212	1009	1037	1102	515	542	615	1071	1175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
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)			2:22AM 1.39				3:18PM 1.41				3:02AM 1.63				3:48PM 1.44				3:33AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	8:20PM 0.34				8:44AM 0.20				9:16PM 0.30				9:38AM 0.23				9:48PM 0.29				9:49AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	14	14	16	18	17	18	18	16	16	17	22	25	23	24	24	17	16	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	15	13	13	15	18	17	18	18	16	16	17	22	25	23	24	24	17	16	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 ESE	-	-	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.2 E	0.5 ESE	1.0 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 W	0.2 ESE	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	12	12	10	7	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 ESE	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 ESE	-	-	-	1.1 E	1.3 E	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	5	5	7	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 29	Saturday 30
	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	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Energy	1091	2376	2397	2235	2094	1945	1834	1806	1594	1569	1446	1521	1401	1269	1249	1249	1150	1131	1048	1064	1235	1215
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- 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	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)							2:22AM 1.39												2:52PM 1.34	3:16PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	8:43PM 0.31												8:44AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	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	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	19	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	15	17	18	18	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-

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