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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	Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wed
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Summerstrand Beach Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Banana Beach Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	8	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.4 S	2.5 ENE	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	1.7 S	1.0 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	12	13	11	10	13	13	8	12	12	8	9	7	8	7	9	10	14	12
Energy(?)	4537	5448	3682	2770	4227	1503	1134	790	1364	1297	1783	657	503	609	352	420	601	838	1554	3045	2840	2534
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	1:37PM 1.28		1:51AM 1.27		2:18PM 1.47	1:48AM 1.34		2:39PM 1.57	2:57AM 1.47		3:07PM 1.67	3:20AM 1.77		3:40PM 2.03	3:46AM 1.61		4:01PM 1.96	4:13AM 1.82		4:29PM 2.06	4:40AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)		7:05PM 0.38		8:04AM 0.41			8:27AM 0.23		8:57PM 0.21	8:57AM 0.13		9:19PM 0.32	9:23AM 0.08		9:45PM 0.08	9:47AM 0.05		10:08PM 0.26	10:19AM 0.17		10:36PM 0.05	10:42AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	2	-	-	1	2
High °C	15	17	14	17	16	21	18	18	18	25	25	17	21	23	19	18	16	16	17	19	18	18
Low °C	13	16	11	13	16	19	13	17	16	20	24	15	19	21	17	18	16	14	15	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	16	13	16	14	21	18	17	17	25	25	17	21	23	18	18	14	14	16	18	18	18
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:16	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	6:12	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:23	-	-	5:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.6 ENE	1.9 ENE	1.1 ESE	1.4 ENE	1.3 ENE	0.9 SSE	1.6 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.6 E	0.7 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	12	13	12	12	12	13	11	10	13	7	8	9	9	8	11	7	8	9	9	11	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.8 WSW	1.1 S	0.2 E	1.0 S	0.1 W	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.3 SW	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SW	0.6 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	11	15	9	16	10	13	10	13	13	12	12	12	8	11	10	10	12	9	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	2.2 E	2.2 NE	2.5 ENE	0.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.7 S	1.0 E	0.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	12	3	4	5	7	7	8	5	7	8	9	2	5	7	9	10	14	12

	Tue	Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Friday 19
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	7	5	9	9	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	14	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	16	15	13	14
Energy(?)	6115	3303	8055	8116	5444	3422	3793	5149	3087	3518	3148	1840	2770	1445	2466	2354	1664	1480	2123	2042	1884	1368
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:10AM 1.14				12:49PM 1.23				1:43AM 1.30					2:07PM 1.43				2:29AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)				7:19AM 0.58				7:43PM 0.45				7:54AM 0.57					8:21PM 0.51				8:36AM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	18	13	14	17	18	13	15	14	17	12	11	13	17	20	16	14	15	14	19	19	20	19
Chill °C (?)	17	12	12	16	18	12	14	13	17	11	9	12	16	20	15	14	15	13	19	19	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 ENE	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	2.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 S	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	8	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	16	15	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 ENE	2.4 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 ENE	1.6 W	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 ENE	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 S	1.1 S	0.6 ENE	0.6 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 E	0.1 E	0.4 ENE	0.5 E	1.3 S	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	9	11	9	9	9	11	11	12	9	11	11	15	15	5	10	10	10	10	6	9	15	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE
Period (s)	14	-	13	13	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6

	Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Big Bay Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South
Rating	7	5	9	9	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.3 S	1.9 S
Period(s) (?)	14	11	13	14	14	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5414	3357	5047	5945	5849	4070	4631	7304	8387	6907	6899	10356	7056	4943	7167	7113	4940	3774	1225	1472	1590	1365
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)					12:59AM 1.17													1:15PM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)												7:10AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	13	16	18	19	13	13	14	14	13	13	14	15	18	17	17	16	16	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	18	12	14	17	18	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	13	18	16	16	14	14	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	2.5 WSW	0.3 ENE	0.5 ENE	0.3 ENE	3.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.9 S	3.0 SSW	0.9 S	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	2.5 S	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.1 S	2.0 S	2.3 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	14	11	9	8	9	12	12	16	12	16	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NE	2.5 SSW	0.3 NE	0.4 ENE	0.3 NE	2.3 WSW	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.3 ENE	-	-	1.4 S	-	0.3 ENE	0.8 S	0.4 E	0.8 S
Period (s)	8	11	8	9	8	11	-	-	9	-	16	16	16	9	-	-	16	-	9	16	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	2.4 WSW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	4.5 SW	-	3.0 S	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	13	14	14	-	12	12	13	12	-	12	-	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-

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