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

	Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thu
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Noncom (Cape Recife) Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kosi Bay KZN North	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Ntylonyane (Breezy Point) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	The Spot Durban/KZN South	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Yellow sands Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	7	9	9	9	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.9 ENE	1.2 E	2.3 ENE	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.9 E	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 S	3.5 SSW	0.6 E	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.5 SSW
Period(s)	14	16	13	12	12	8	8	9	10	9	10	9	12	11	11	13	10	13	13	12	11	13
Energy	3469	2098	1885	891	587	806	319	918	574	344	785	1818	2861	1645	1192	7176	74	10750	8137	2109	1772	1280
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 1.14	9:24AM 1.30		10:20PM 1.17	11:03AM 1.08		12:20AM 1.30	12:45PM 1.34		1:17AM 1.55	1:28PM 1.28		1:42AM 1.58		2:04PM 1.48	2:25AM 1.58		2:43PM 1.45	2:52AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)			3:11AM 0.53		3:55PM 0.76	4:58AM 0.49		5:35PM 0.69		6:42AM 0.67	6:51PM 0.55		7:30AM 0.36	7:29PM 0.35		8:10AM 0.27		8:09PM 0.27	8:40AM 0.21		8:39PM 0.21	9:04AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	2	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	21	18	26	24	21	28	30	23	30	27	16	15	19	19	18	22	18	20	17	16	17
Low °C	14	21	16	19	22	18	20	25	21	24	25	14	14	19	18	17	20	16	17	17	13	14
Chill °C (?)	15	21	17	26	24	21	28	30	23	30	27	15	14	18	19	18	22	17	20	16	16	17
Sunrise	7:15	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:28	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:31	-	-	7:01
Sunset	-	5:24	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:34	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.4 E	1.2 E	0.7 SSW	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.9 E	0.9 WSW	2.5 SW	1.0 E	1.9 S	2.4 SSW	0.6 E	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	14	16	13	8	12	8	8	12	10	9	10	13	12	10	11	14	10	13	13	12	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SE	0.6 E	-	1.3 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	2.0 S	-	1.2 E	1.1 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	1.1 SW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	7	8	-	12	-	11	12	17	14	12	12	12	11	-	10	10	-	10	10	10	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SE	1.1 SE	2.3 E	-	1.8 ENE	1.9 ENE	-	2.3 ENE	0.5 N	-	-	3.0 SW	-	2.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	-	6	8	-	9	3	-	-	9	-	11	-	13	13	13	13	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 ENE	1.4 ESE	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	1.5 E
Period(s)	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	16	15	14	8	8	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9
Energy	10186	8804	5241	3857	3159	2118	2032	1861	1931	1624	1305	1112	1641	824	1116	1150	516	1143	1104	1074	1103	582
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)				7:45AM 1.39					8:16PM 1.23				9:29AM 1.06				10:49PM 1.26					11:15AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		1:23AM 0.50					2:07PM 0.46				2:25AM 0.73				4:02PM 0.61					5:18AM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	13	13	16	21	19	21	19	20	20	19	23	28	29	21	23	18	19	20	29	30
Chill °C (?)	17	17	11	12	16	21	19	21	19	20	20	19	23	28	29	21	23	18	19	20	29	30
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.8 E	1.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.9 ENE	1.4 ESE	1.8 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.7 ENE	1.5 E	1.5 E
Period (s)	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	16	15	14	8	12	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 SE	-	0.1 NW	1.1 SE	0.7 E	1.1 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 SSW	-	1.1 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 S	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	7	-	16	7	8	8	8	8	12	-	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	2.1 ESE	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	2.2 E	1.8 E	1.8 E	2.1 ENE	-	2.4 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	2.2 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	6	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	8	-	8	8	8	8	-

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Keurbooms Garden Route	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	9	9	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	13	14	13	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	16	16	16	14	14
Energy	11004	10459	7183	6967	6463	5240	5835	2780	3316	2864	1555	1746	5220	5048	4025	3008	3278	2589	2556	2337	1699	3084
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												7:19AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)						1:28AM 0.46												1:51PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	14	14	13	13	13	20	18	20	20	19	17	18	17	20	20	20	20	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	17	18	12	13	12	12	11	20	17	20	20	19	16	17	17	20	20	20	20	20	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 E	1.2 SSW	0.4 E	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	8	18	8	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	16	16	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	8	19	19	18	-	-	-	9	-	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 ESE	-	1.3 ESE	3.0 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	-	0.8 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	0.8 E	1.0 E	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	6	6	6	-	6	13	14	13	7	7	-	4	4	-	5	-	-	4	4	6

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