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

7 day 48 hour

	Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			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 South Africa	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Baboon Point West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bloubergstrand Cape Town
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	16	13
Energy(?)	1732	1638	4618	3923	1671	1346	857	225	631	848	787	645	743	1387	1919	1164	2178	2477	1216	1358	1411	1073
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:03PM		7:22AM		8:14PM	8:50AM		9:51PM	10:47AM	6:19AM	11:43PM	12:13PM		12:46AM	1:07PM		1:29AM		12:59PM	12:30AM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:46PM		1:13AM	1:42PM	12:09AM	2:43AM		2:37PM	4:22AM		4:44PM		6:19AM	6:16PM		7:04AM	7:06PM 12:31PM		6:21AM		7:05PM 11:46PM	6:26AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	2	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	17	17	18	28	20	19	20	17	18	18	16	17	18	17	17	21	20	23
Low °C	14	15	15	15	17	15	17	27	17	16	20	15	15	18	15	16	17	15	14	21	18	19
Chill °C (?)	14	16	13	13	16	16	18	28	20	19	20	17	18	18	16	16	18	17	17	21	20	23
Sunrise	7:20	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	5:25	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:40	-	-	5:15	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.4 E	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.8 S	0.7 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	16	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 SE	1.1 WSW	0.4 SE	0.3 E	1.1 SSW	0.8 E	0.9 SSE	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	19	18	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	15	11	10	12	10	9	15	9	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 SE	-	1.6 SE	-	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	6	-	6	6	-	-	-

	Thu	Friday 02								Saturday 03								Sun
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3185	3528	2041	1848	1732	1684	1638	1143	3405	4618	4223	4415	3923	3138	1671	2471	1624	1346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:18AM 1.29				6:48PM 1.41				7:04AM 1.31				7:53PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		12:16AM 0.35				12:37PM 0.33				1:12AM 0.51				1:28PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	13	14	15	16	15	18	15	15	16	16	15	17	17	17	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	11	13	14	14	16	14	18	13	13	15	15	14	16	17	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	0.6 E	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.0 E	3.0 SSW	0.4 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.4 S	2.2 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.8 E	0.1 SW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E
Period (s)	10	21	20	20	19	18	18	20	10	18	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	3.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	11	12	12	12	-	12	-	-

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