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 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Murphys (Buffalo Bay Beach) Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 WSW	0.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	14	13	12	18	18	15	16	14	13	13	11	11	11	11	9	11	9	6	9
Energy(?)	716	618	603	1860	1086	738	1360	713	2038	1426	1229	635	2089	1250	1329	935	1065	302	260	237	227	636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:34AM 1.40	5:52PM 1.35		6:34AM 1.55	6:55PM 1.43		7:41AM 1.20		8:14PM 1.07	9:09AM 1.17		10:02PM 1.37	11:00AM 1.58		11:16PM 1.06	12:09PM 1.39		12:13AM 1.14	12:21PM 1.32		12:54AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	11:18PM 0.15	11:43AM 0.28		12:10AM 0.27	12:50PM 0.67		1:12AM 0.40		2:08PM 0.50	2:32AM 0.49		3:50PM 0.52	4:33AM 0.86		5:43PM 0.70		5:42AM 0.58	6:44PM 0.49		6:11AM 0.44	6:52PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	1	-
High °C	23	22	23	19	25	22	18	21	23	19	21	22	19	19	20	17	23	21	20	25	19	17
Low °C	20	22	22	18	24	19	17	19	21	17	21	20	17	18	19	15	18	21	19	21	18	16
Chill °C (?)	23	22	23	18	25	22	18	21	23	19	21	22	19	19	20	17	23	21	20	25	19	17
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 ESE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	0.5 WSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14	8	12	12	11	15	16	14	9	13	11	11	11	11	9	11	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SE	0.4 SSE	-	1.4 SW	0.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 E	0.1 W	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.4 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SSE	0.5 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SE	0.5 SW
Period (s)	-	7	6	-	13	20	18	8	18	6	10	8	9	12	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SE	1.1 SE	-	2.5 E	-	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.4 SSW	-	-	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	0.3 E	0.7 NE	1.0 NE	1.6 SSW	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	8	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	3	8	4	6	6	-

	Saturday 08			Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tuesday 11
	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	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	2.5 E	2.2 E	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 E	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	8	8	13	12	12	8	18	18	17	16
Energy(?)	341	669	1224	1195	1147	912	618	662	757	1090	1007	1016	2149	1676	1032	447	788	1565	1068	1156	1449	1313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		5:01PM 1.50				5:39AM 1.66				5:52PM 1.35				6:44AM 1.72				6:57PM 1.26				7:44AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)				11:19PM 0.13				11:43AM 0.28				12:10AM 0.27				12:45PM 0.41				1:12AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	27	21	20	22	23	22	22	21	23	23	19	21	24	25	21	24	23	18	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	29	27	21	20	22	23	22	22	21	23	23	19	21	24	25	21	24	23	18	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SE	1.5 SW	2.1 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.1 SW	1.4 ESE	1.8 E	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	14	8	8	8	12	8	8	12	11	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 SE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	16	13	6	14	13	13	7	12	12	18	18	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	1.3 SE	1.9 ESE	-	2.5 E	2.2 E	-	0.5 NW	-	2.2 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	6	7	7	7	7	6	-	-	7	7	-	8	8	-	3	-	8	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 08									Sunday 09
	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	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast
Rating	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	3	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 ESE	1.1 SW	2.2 E	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	7	14	7	14	14	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	247	551	1144	1213	799	805	726	716	716	1224	1195	855	783	774	1029	980	801	718	666	656	638	467
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			5:00PM 1.50													5:34AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)										11:19PM 0.13												11:44AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	28	30	22	23	26	25	23	22	21	20	20	23	18	18	18	20	19	21	26	27	25	21
Chill °C (?)	28	30	22	23	26	25	23	22	21	20	20	23	18	18	17	20	19	21	26	27	25	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.2 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	-
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	14	8	8	6	6	6	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.9 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	1.3 SSE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	2.2 E	1.5 SE	1.8 ESE	1.4 E	-	-	-	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	4

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