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

	Tuesday 31			Wednesday 01			Thursday 02			Friday 03			Saturday 04			Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tue
	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	Dunes Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bog Bay KZN North	Brighton Beach Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	2	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	8	7	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	2.1 E	1.3 SW	1.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 ENE	1.5 SW	1.6 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	7	9	9	14	13	12	12	13	13	8	12	8	9	11	10	10	17	15	16	13	12
Energy(?)	285	543	605	652	644	662	1073	1446	1753	1430	940	876	476	533	695	406	804	5433	4786	5353	2038	1272
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	off	on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:13PM 1.66	3:29AM 1.84		3:16PM 1.74	3:19AM 1.67		3:38PM 1.49	4:11AM 1.86		4:28PM 1.60	4:42AM 1.97		4:53PM 1.65		5:04AM 1.61	5:03PM 1.35		5:10AM 1.36	5:39PM 1.53		5:39AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	9:05AM 0.37		9:14PM 0.10	9:37AM 0.09		9:13PM 0.12	9:36AM 0.04		10:00PM 0.09	10:25AM 0.05		10:25PM 0.31	10:29AM 0.11		10:44PM 0.32	11:14AM 0.17		11:03PM 0.55	11:23AM 0.28		11:31PM 0.39	11:53AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	27	20	23	22	20	26	26	24	27	27	21	24	26	23	19	18	18	20	21	23	29
Low °C	18	24	18	20	21	20	21	25	21	26	25	19	21	25	23	17	17	17	15	21	22	24
Chill °C (?)	20	27	20	23	22	20	26	26	24	27	27	21	24	26	23	19	17	18	20	21	23	29
Sunrise	6:56	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:41	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	6:15	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:37	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:49	-	-	6:36	-	-	5:57	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 S	1.3 SW	1.4 ESE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 E	0.3 SSW	1.7 E	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	10	9	9	14	13	12	12	13	13	15	12	8	13	11	10	10	17	15	16	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 S	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	1.5 E	0.2 ESE	1.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSW	0.7 E	0.6 SW	0.7 ESE	-	1.0 E	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	6	8	13	9	8	8	5	15	11	9	14	9	14	9	12	8	15	11	-	10	-	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 ESE	2.1 E	-	0.4 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.5 W	2.5 ENE	-	1.3 NE	1.8 E	1.5 NE	-	1.5 SSE	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	3	4	5	-	5	-	3	8	-	6	9	6	-	5	-	-	-	7	-

	Mon	Tuesday 31								Wednesday 01								Thursday 02
	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	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	1.0 SW	1.4 E	1.3 E	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	11	11	14	14	10	10	8	8	8	8	14	9	9	14	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	537	314	311	284	258	269	468	547	1326	1041	1775	1403	576	749	639	655	758	663	839	1019	1073	1612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	glass	cross- 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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:01AM 1.74				2:38PM 1.45				3:19AM 1.73				3:33PM 1.94				3:18AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	8:39PM 0.44				8:44AM 0.36				9:07PM 0.11				9:07AM 0.05				9:12PM 0.11				9:35AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	24	24	25	22	26	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	27	24
Chill °C (?)	21	24	24	25	22	26	20	20	21	22	22	22	22	23	22	21	20	20	20	20	27	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 ESE	0.7 SW	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.1 SW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	9	8	11	11	9	8	10	10	7	10	8	8	9	9	9	8	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.6 WSW	0.8 S	0.2 WSW	0.6 S	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	8	8	6	10	15	15	10	14	10	15	14	9	9	14	13	8	6	15	5	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.1 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.9 ENE	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 SE	0.5 SSE	2.4 E	2.4 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	-	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.9 SE
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	-	8	5	10	8	8	8	8	-	4	3	6	5	5	5	5	-	5

	Monday 30			Tuesday 31
	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	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	14	14	14	10	10	15
Energy(?)	601	278	278	276	249	241	249	307	241	326	300	239	264	224	155	271	261	288	264	445	342	498
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:18AM 1.54												2:38PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	8:39PM 0.44												8:37AM 0.10	9:04AM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	24	24	18	16	18	17	17	20	19	21	20	23	23	27	23	23	21	22	20	20
Chill °C (?)	21	24	24	24	18	15	18	17	17	20	19	21	20	23	23	27	23	23	21	22	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.8 S	0.7 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.7 SW	0.7 S	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	9	9	9	11	11	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	10	9	8	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 E	0.7 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	9	8	10	10	11	11	11	9	9	10	9	11	8	14	8	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	1.0 ENE	0.7 SE	0.5 E	1.3 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SE
Period (s)	-	5	5	5	5	3	5	5	-	-	-	5	-	3	3	9	-	-	-	-	-	5

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