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

	Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18
	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
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	6.0 WSW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 WSW	5.5 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	17	15	14	15	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	13	15	14
Energy(?)	15285	8370	16966	9706	12332	12453	5070	3447	1825	1804	1623	1778	3178	1621	1110	1217	3728	4038
Wind (km/h)	55	30	35	15	25	20	15	5	10	10	5	10	20	20	20	10	10	15
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:00AM 8:41PM		9:44PM	10:23AM		11:09PM	11:48AM		12:14AM	12:56PM		12:39AM	1:26PM	9:09AM	1:56AM		2:34PM	2:45AM
Low Tide / height (m)		3:05PM	4:22AM		4:28PM		5:42AM	5:43PM 3:06AM		6:49AM	6:46PM		7:08AM	7:19PM		8:21AM		8:33PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	5	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	18	20	13	12	11	14	16	15	16	18	20	20	22	20	15	16	15
Low °C	15	16	14	12	12	10	10	15	13	13	17	19	19	22	16	15	16	13
Chill °C (?)	13	16	20	12	9	8	13	15	15	16	18	20	20	22	20	14	16	14
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47	-	-
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:19	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:58	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	-	3.5 SW	0.7 ENE	4.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.4 S	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	-	14	10	14	14	15	13	12	13	13	13	13	15	14	13	13	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.5 S	-	5.0 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.4 SW	0.4 ENE	0.4 E	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	1.8 SW	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.7 WSW	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	16	-	15	18	11	17	11	11	10	21	17	-	11	11	18	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	6.0 WSW	4.5 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	5.0 SW	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 SE	-	1.3 N	1.0 NW	0.9 NW	0.5 NW	-	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	15	14	17	-	-	15	-	-	-	4	4	-	5	7	5	5	-	4
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	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
Rating
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	4.5 WSW	6.0 WSW	2.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.5 SW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	5.5 SSW	6.0 SSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	15	13	14	16	15	17	18	16	15	14	14	14	16	15
Energy(?)	1903	1733	1719	7165	15285	2570	8370	5898	11490	16966	27100	11762	9706	7758	12332	14072	10369	12453
Wind (km/h)	15	5	10	25	55	35	30	35	35	35	40	25	15	10	25	20	20	20
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb	low	flow	high	ebb
High Tide / height (m)	8:41PM 1.32				9:06AM 1.33				9:43PM 1.17				10:25AM 1.22				11:00PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)			3:06AM 0.64				3:05PM 0.57				4:30AM 0.83				4:22PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	3	3	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	16	15	20	16	13	16	14	10	12	13	13	12	11	10	10
Chill °C (?)	15	15	14	15	12	19	14	10	14	11	6	10	12	12	10	9	7	7
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	0.3 E	-	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	5.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 WSW	5.5 SSW	6.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	11	-	13	14	16	10	10	-	16	14	14	14	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 ENE	0.1 SE	-	0.8 E	1.5 S	1.8 S	-	-	-	-	5.0 WSW	4.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 ENE
Period (s)	10	10	5	12	-	9	16	16	-	-	-	-	15	13	18	11	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 NNE	0.8 NNE	0.6 NW	4.5 WSW	6.0 WSW	0.8 W	4.5 SW	0.9 W	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	3	4	3	14	15	4	14	4	15	17	18	-	-	-	-	-	16	15
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