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 30			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Blythedale KZN North	Fish Boma Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	De Kelders Overberg	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	4	4	5	4	2	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 S	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 S	2.2 S	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSE	2.2 ESE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	1.6 NE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	15	12	12	7	7	11	10	7	9	10	10	9	7	8	8
Energy(?)	1400	2221	3691	2404	501	1987	2049	459	1172	615	404	816	301	358	530	378	376	337	164	400	178	216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	11:11PM 1.49	11:54AM 1.64		11:50PM 1.24	12:07PM 1.75		12:44AM 1.32	12:54PM 1.60		2:02AM 1.47		2:18PM 1.72	2:45AM 1.82		3:01PM 1.91	3:07AM 1.53		3:21PM 1.68	4:17AM 1.62		4:32PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)		5:19AM 0.66	6:20PM 0.65		5:47AM 0.46	6:37PM 0.24		6:44AM 0.31	7:54PM 0.13		8:01AM 0.18		8:38PM 0.29	8:23AM 0.14		8:56PM -0.03	9:38AM 0.26		10:06PM 0.01	10:21AM 0.11		10:48PM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	light rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	22	21	18	22	21	20	23	21	19	19	28	18	19	23	19	26	25	20	25	21	19
Low °C	16	20	20	16	21	21	20	22	20	17	18	25	16	18	22	16	22	24	18	25	19	17
Chill °C (?)	17	22	21	18	22	21	20	23	21	18	19	28	17	19	23	18	26	25	20	25	21	19
Sunrise	-	5:01	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:47	-	-	4:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:25	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.0 S	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 ENE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	15	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	9	10	10	9	7	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.8 SSE	0.6 S	1.6 SSW	0.6 ENE	0.2 E	0.6 S	0.3 ENE	0.2 W	0.8 SSE	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.3 S	0.6 WSW	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	13	8	8	8	7	15	14	5	8	10	8	10	8	14	11	11	-	13	10	10	12	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.5 S	2.2 S	0.8 E	-	2.2 ESE	1.4 E	1.4 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	1.6 NE	1.1 SSE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	7	7	4	-	7	6	6	6	-	7	5	5

	Saturday 29			Sunday 30								Monday 01								Tuesday 02
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	0	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 ESE	1.9 S	2.3 S	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 S	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	202	426	692	1305	1079	1281	1956	2047	3611	3464	3198	3076	1343	2256	1793	810	450	1583	1961	2099	2167	1984
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	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)								11:06AM 1.40				12:18AM 1.24				12:02PM 1.44				1:13AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		5:12PM 0.78			4:41AM 0.55					6:14PM 0.39				5:45AM 0.38				6:36PM 0.20				7:08AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	23	22	16	18	19	23	24	20	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	22	19	19	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	23	22	16	18	19	23	24	20	19	18	18	18	19	20	20	22	19	19	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:01
Sunset	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.6 ENE	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 S	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	8	8	7	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.4 ESE	0.4 SE	1.2 SSW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 E	0.1 W	0.8 SE	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.3 ESE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	7	12	8	12	7	14	14	14	14	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.9 S	2.3 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	-	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 29									Sunday 30
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	0	2	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	1.9 S	0.6 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 S	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	6	12	9	9	15	15	12	12	12	12	7	13	14	13	8	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	229	108	340	216	287	287	535	590	313	363	319	319	187	1856	1497	1167	485	1987	1698	2000	2221	2560
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)										11:10PM 1.15												11:40AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	23	19	19	19	18	17	19	20	20	19	19	16	17	17	22	19	21	22	22	21
Chill °C (?)	21	22	23	19	19	19	17	16	19	20	20	19	19	15	17	16	22	19	21	22	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 E	0.9 ENE	0.8 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	2.2 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.4 NE	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	8	7	7	6	6	6	15	15	12	12	7	7	7	13	14	13	7	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSW	0.2 S	-	0.6 SW	1.0 E	1.0 E	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	0.1 NW	0.3 ESE	0.1 W	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	8	13	-	12	9	9	14	13	8	8	12	12	8	13	8	13	7	13	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.7 S	1.9 S	-	-	-	1.2 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.3 S	-	0.8 S	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	7	-	7	8	-	-	-	-	-

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