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

	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s)	12	14	13	14	14	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	16	16	14	13	15	14	14
Energy	922	1091	1019	1110	1297	1348	1150	1073	1220	1527	969	1726	1451	734	564	570	690	706	1045	1087	1327	1072
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		3:43PM 1.62	3:55AM 1.62		4:28PM 1.52	4:43AM 1.54		5:22PM 1.72		5:38AM 1.65	6:26PM 1.56		6:43AM 1.37	7:25PM 1.37		7:39AM 1.18		8:24PM 1.51	9:00AM 1.32		9:41PM 1.48	10:25AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	9:30AM -0.04		9:45PM 0.10	10:15AM -0.00		10:34PM 0.14	11:02AM 0.07		11:26PM 0.21	11:54AM 0.42		12:27AM 0.55	1:00PM 0.31		1:42AM 0.58	1:52PM 0.39		3:06AM 0.69		3:06PM 0.46	4:28AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	16	17	20	18	18	20	19	18	21	19	19	20	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Low °C	18	19	15	14	20	17	17	20	17	17	20	17	16	18	17	16	18	16	16	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	20	15	16	20	17	18	20	19	18	21	19	19	20	16	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37
Sunset	-	5:55	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.3 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.6 SW	2.3 ESE	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	12	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	9	9	12	8	8	8	8	16	12	14	13	11	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	-	0.6 S	0.4 S	-	-	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	-	10	10	-	-	16	14	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	11	16	11	8	15	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.8 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.4 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	0.3 SW	0.9 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	8	9	9	8	9	9	8	8	8	2	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period(s)	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	8	9
Energy	1007	1049	922	1410	1091	1129	1194	1019	1033	1062	1110	1206	1297	1336	1346	1348	1379	1318	1150	2660	1073	1316
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	mid-ebb	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					3:43PM 1.62				3:55AM 1.62				4:28PM 1.52				4:43AM 1.54					5:17PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)			9:30AM -0.04				9:46PM 0.11				10:15AM -0.00				10:34PM 0.14					11:02AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	19	20	19	17	16	16	15	14	17	20	20	18	17	17	17	17	18	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	16	17	19	20	18	16	15	15	14	13	16	20	20	18	16	16	16	16	18	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:33	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	2.4 S	1.2 WSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	9	13	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.3 WSW	0.2 SSE	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	10	10	10	10	10	-	12	12	-	16	16	16	13	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	2.1 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.5 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	6	11	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9

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	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Fish Boma Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1073	1020	1007	1113	1033	1049	553	1069	922	1057	1734	1410	1387	1002	1091	621	1029	1129	1139	774	1194	1026
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)														3:43PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)								9:30AM -0.04												9:47PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	19	18	17	20	16	19	17	20	20	20	20	19	17	16	17	17	19	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	19	18	17	20	15	19	16	20	20	20	20	18	17	15	16	16	19	15	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.0 S	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	11	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.5 E	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	12	11	11	12	11	11	7	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	12	10	-	-	-	-	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.8 S	-	-	2.0 S	2.0 S	0.4 SSW	2.1 S	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	6	4	11	11	11	6	6	-	-	6	6	4	7	6

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