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

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	Sat	Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 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 South Africa	Cape St Martin West Coast	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Hawston Overberg	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Doring Bay West Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Hawston Overberg	Coffee Bay Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Heaven West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	1	4	2	1	4	4	0	5	4	3	4	4	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.9 S	1.8 SW	1.6 S	1.1 SSE	1.8 S	0.8 SW	1.3 ENE	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.0 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	15	8	13	10	10	8	10	5	9	13	15	13	16	16	16	15	17	13	13	13	12	8
Energy(?)	2847	534	1981	771	315	654	351	187	1002	688	149	1028	2089	1213	2563	2361	604	1895	1066	568	540	1564
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:55AM 1.20	1:31PM 1.45		1:57AM 1.33			2:01AM 1.40		2:42PM 1.65	2:55AM 1.58		2:33PM 1.44	3:01AM 1.45		3:39PM 1.84	3:56AM 1.78		3:36PM 1.41	4:03AM 1.36		4:10PM 1.43	4:36AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		7:17AM 0.40	7:55PM 0.30		7:52AM 0.35	7:55PM 0.22		8:27AM 0.28		8:48PM 0.21	8:32AM 0.28		8:54PM 0.16	9:22AM 0.27		9:51PM 0.32	9:55AM 0.39		9:52PM 0.18	10:04AM 0.31		10:23PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	19	23	20	18	27	18	21	19	18	18	26	18	21	21	22	22	26	19	25	19	18
Low °C	14	18	23	20	17	25	16	19	18	15	18	22	16	17	20	16	21	24	19	22	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	19	23	20	18	27	17	21	18	17	18	26	17	21	21	22	22	26	18	25	19	17
Sunrise	-	4:52	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:31	-	-	4:48	-	-	4:52	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:30	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.6 SE	1.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	1.4 SSW	0.6 S	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SW	1.0 S	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	9	13	13	10	11	10	9	16	13	8	13	16	16	16	15	17	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.5 SE	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.4 S	0.6 E	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 W	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	7	12	9	12	13	18	11	14	7	6	18	12	13	-	12	8	12	-	-	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 S	1.9 S	2.5 S	1.6 S	-	1.8 S	1.0 SSE	1.3 ENE	2.0 SSW	0.9 SE	-	2.1 S	2.3 S	1.6 SE	0.8 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.9 ENE	2.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 ENE	0.6 SW	2.5 S
Period (s)	8	8	8	10	-	8	8	5	9	4	-	6	8	6	4	7	5	7	6	7	4	8

	Saturday 15			Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tuesday 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 South Africa	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 S	2.3 S	2.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.3 S	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	12	12	12	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	9	12	12	10	9	8	8	8	9	16
Energy(?)	574	1086	2248	2530	2439	3134	2058	1199	2474	1674	1065	1341	1209	1075	561	252	268	698	524	524	1037	525
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	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	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				1:22AM 1.25				1:40PM 1.45				1:29AM 1.27					2:11PM 1.82				2:01AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)		7:23PM 0.38				6:56AM 0.44				7:53PM 0.33				7:51AM 0.38				7:55PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	17	17	17	19	22	18	18	16	16	14	17	17	20	18	19	22	19	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	17	17	19	22	18	18	15	15	13	16	17	20	18	19	22	19	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 S	2.0 S	2.0 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	12	9	13	12	8	9	12	7	10	9	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SSE	0.7 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	-	0.2 WNW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.9 SSW	0.4 SE	0.3 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	11	10	11	10	13	13	9	9	-	15	12	12	5	12	8	8	13	19	18	18	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	2.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	-	2.3 S	1.0 ESE	1.8 S	2.0 SSE	-	0.7 E	1.3 SSE	-	0.6 E	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.3 S	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	-	-	-	-	8	-	13	4	8	7	-	4	7	-	4	8	8	8	9	7

	Saturday 15									Sunday 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 South Africa	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	0	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	0.9 SSE	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	12	15	15	15	12	10	7	7	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	441	185	768	779	1068	2093	2129	619	553	1906	4164	3657	2988	2267	762	384	377	2703	2703	2754	2058	2644
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											12:55AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	20	19	18	18	16	19	19	17	16	15	15	16	19	19	19	17	18	20	22	24
Chill °C (?)	17	18	20	18	17	16	14	19	19	17	15	14	13	16	18	18	18	16	18	20	22	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 SE	1.1 SE	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	12	14	13	11	10	12	15	15	15	12	6	10	10	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 ENE	0.8 SSE	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 ENE	0.2 ENE	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	11	18	17	8	7	10	12	12	12	10	10	7	7	13	13	18	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	-	2.0 S	1.4 SSE	3.0 S	-	2.0 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 S	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	7	-	8	6	8	-	10	7	7	6	6	6	8	6

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