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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	Tue		Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Treskostraal West Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	3	0	3	2	1	2	2	1	4	2	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	2.4 S	1.6 E	1.7 E	2.4 SE	1.4 E	2.0 E	2.4 S	1.1 E	1.5 SW	2.1 S	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 ESE	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	0.6 WSW	3.5 ESE	1.8 SE	0.4 WSW	3.0 E
Period(s) (?)	9	7	10	10	7	9	6	8	9	11	8	11	11	10	6	10	7	9	8	6	13	8
Energy(?)	709	661	520	523	931	384	737	1072	312	913	986	298	466	171	239	119	256	80	1737	318	140	1442
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	5:29PM 1.57		6:06AM 1.44	6:11PM 1.71		6:40AM 1.69	6:47PM 1.62		7:08AM 1.41	7:33PM 1.28		8:18AM 1.38		8:27PM 1.41	9:17AM 1.52		9:50PM 1.09	10:50AM 1.59		11:34PM 1.22	12:02PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		11:48PM 0.17	12:07PM 0.33		12:23AM 0.25	12:44PM 0.41		1:01AM 0.32	1:23PM 0.42		1:46AM 0.36		2:37PM 0.48	2:42AM 0.50		3:55PM 0.65	3:42AM 0.48		5:21PM 0.75		5:27AM 0.53	6:40PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	mod. rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	29	18	23	24	20	22	24	18	23	24	19	21	19	21	19	27	22	26	26	24	22	29
Low °C	27	17	23	24	18	21	22	17	22	22	17	19	18	17	18	26	19	23	25	21	21	26
Chill °C (?)	29	17	23	24	19	22	24	17	23	24	18	21	19	21	19	27	22	26	26	24	22	29
Sunrise	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:52	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:00	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	6:49	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:34
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.4 WSW	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.1 SW	1.4 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 E	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 E	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 S	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	11	9	11	10	9	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	9	10	9	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 S	1.0 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.9 S	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 S	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	13	10	11	14	6	8	16	8	16	15	15	14	14	10	13	13	5	14	12	9	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 E	2.4 S	1.0 SSW	1.3 S	2.4 SE	-	2.0 E	2.4 S	-	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.4 SE	-	1.2 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	3.5 ESE	1.8 SE	1.1 SSE	3.0 E
Period (s)	9	7	5	5	7	-	6	8	-	6	8	6	-	6	6	6	7	-	8	6	6	8

	Tuesday 23					Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Fri
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	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	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.1 SSW	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	2.0 SE	1.2 SW	1.4 E	1.4 E	2.1 ESE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	12	9	9	7	12	12
Energy(?)	515	577	606	1105	634	623	595	593	646	393	501	502	506	586	578	920	720	406	447	978	705	732
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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
High Tide / height (m)				5:36PM 1.76				6:02AM 1.72				6:09PM 1.44				6:24AM 1.63				6:45PM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		11:30AM 0.29				11:48PM 0.20				12:07PM 0.33				12:23AM 0.25				12:52PM 0.61				12:59AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	light rain	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	24	22	24	24	23	23	23	23	20	21	20	20	22	21	19	21	23	22	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	23	24	22	24	24	23	23	23	23	20	21	20	20	22	21	19	21	23	22	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:50	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:57	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E	1.9 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.5 SW	1.4 E	1.6 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.3 SSE	1.2 SW	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 E
Period (s)	10	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	12	9	9	12	12	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	10	10	6	8	10	10	12	13	6	9	7	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	2.1 E	0.9 NNE	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	1.2 S	1.4 S	-	-	1.4 S	1.4 S	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	-	-	2.1 ESE	1.4 E	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	8	5	-	-	-	8	6	6	-	-	6	6	7	7	-	-	7	7	-

	Tuesday 23															Wednesday 24
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Vetchs Reef Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	2.5 ENE	1.9 E	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 E	1.7 SSW	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period(s) (?)	10	8	9	8	8	8	8	9	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	7	7	9	9	10	10	9
Energy(?)	615	1563	681	291	538	538	538	751	328	494	533	504	516	612	634	368	559	572	583	324	324	347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:35PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)				11:35AM 0.51												11:21PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	26	25	29	29	29	28	20	22	24	22	21	24	24	19	19	23	23	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	22	25	26	25	29	29	29	28	19	22	24	22	21	24	24	18	18	23	23	18	18	19
Sunrise	5:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.9 E	1.9 E	0.7 S	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 S	0.7 WSW	1.7 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	10	8	9	11	9	9	9	11	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	7	7	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	11	11	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	2.5 ENE	0.7 SW	1.6 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	1.8 E	1.7 SSW	0.4 SSW	2.1 E	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 NNE	0.9 NNE	1.8 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	8	4	8	8	8	8	9	6	4	8	4	6	4	5	7	7	-	-	-	-	-

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