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

	Mon		Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Noordhoek Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	6	5	5	9	7	4	5	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	0	8
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.0 WSW	0.6 S	4.0 SW
Period(s)	10	11	11	12	14	13	14	15	14	14	15	13	16	12	12	11	11	11	10	14	11	13
Energy	3060	2949	3072	3587	7369	3873	5643	4217	1288	1804	4965	2453	2560	1868	2954	1402	1573	991	484	730	183	5508
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:10AM 1.49	1:38PM 1.32		2:25AM 1.58		2:43PM 1.47	2:53AM 1.90		3:06PM 1.60	3:14AM 1.75		3:40PM 1.55	3:51AM 1.76		4:07PM 1.49	4:15AM 1.57		4:31PM 1.62	4:44AM 1.67		5:02PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	7:03PM 0.35		7:36AM 0.21	7:39PM 0.28	8:09PM 0.27	8:40AM 0.21		8:43PM 0.37	9:03AM 0.15		9:05PM 0.22	9:31AM 0.11		9:39PM 0.15	10:00AM 0.11		10:04PM 0.18	10:26AM 0.13		10:34PM 0.19	10:53AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	13	15	21	16	16	20	18	16	17	17	17	23	17	20	15	18	21	22	17	25	17
Low °C	20	13	14	20	14	12	19	17	15	17	15	13	22	16	16	15	16	16	18	16	20	17
Chill °C (?)	23	11	13	21	14	16	20	18	15	16	16	17	23	17	20	14	18	21	22	17	25	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:54	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:26	-
Sunset	5:29	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:21	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 E	0.3 E	3.5 SSW	0.7 E	4.0 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.0 S	1.3 SSE	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	2.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 WSW	0.6 S	4.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	10	14	13	14	15	12	14	15	13	16	12	12	11	11	11	10	9	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.3 E	1.3 S	-	1.7 S	0.4 SW	0.6 E	0.5 E	1.2 SSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.4 SE	0.4 NE	1.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.0 WSW	0.5 E	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	-	11	13	-	16	15	9	9	14	12	10	10	7	12	7	11	11	10	10	14	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	11	-	12	-	-	-	10	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-

	Monday 27					Tuesday 28								Wednesday 29								Thu
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	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	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	4	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period(s)	11	11	12	10	11	11	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14
Energy	2941	2329	1864	1445	5023	5443	5364	3961	3072	3142	3363	5123	10187	10442	12324	7207	6272	5280	2783	5671	5092	4494
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:00PM 1.31				1:53AM 1.49					2:04PM 1.48				2:27AM 1.67				2:36PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				7:02PM 0.33					8:05AM 0.28				8:10PM 0.27				8:40AM 0.20				8:42PM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	15	15	15	13	15	18	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	19	19	16	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	14	14	11	14	18	13	13	14	12	14	14	14	13	19	19	16	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 S	3.5 SSW	3.5 S	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 S	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	2.5 SSE	3.5 S	3.5 S	3.5 S
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	2.0 S	2.0 WSW	1.8 SW	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.8 E	1.3 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	1.1 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ENE
Period (s)	11	10	12	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	12	11	-	-	-	-	12	12	13	-	10	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 27															Tuesday 28
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	9	9	9	8	7	6	4	6	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	8	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	12	11	11	11	12
Energy	3233	3106	2699	2485	2344	2185	2398	1195	1518	1634	1664	4678	2668	3356	3304	78	78	2436	2695	2141	2106	2209
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)						1:34PM 1.27												1:52AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)												7:29PM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	23	23	22	21	14	13	13	13	17	20	19	14	15	15	13	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	23	23	22	21	12	11	10	10	16	20	19	12	13	13	11	16	16	16
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 E	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.4 E	0.7 E	1.0 E	0.9 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 SW	0.9 E	0.9 E	0.9 E
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	2.1 S	2.1 S	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	12	11	10	10	-	-	-	13	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	9	10	8	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12

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