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

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Keurbooms Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bog Bay KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Off The Wall Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Mapelane KZN North	Mapelane KZN North
Rating	9	9	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	-	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	1.0 SW	1.8 ENE	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	6.0 SW	1.9 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period(s)	-	15	15	17	16	16	9	8	8	11	7	10	10	9	10	10	12	9	11	8	10	10
Energy	0	11020	5508	1805	2050	2049	1473	533	805	434	397	663	557	242	220	696	9678	792	5901	1370	1805	3421
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:17PM 1.49		7:47AM 1.28		8:46PM 1.15	9:33AM 1.13		10:46PM 1.11	11:28AM 1.04		11:37PM 1.25	12:45PM 1.34		1:17AM 1.55	1:35PM 1.49		1:45AM 1.51		2:04PM 1.48	2:15AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	12:52PM 0.57		1:21AM 0.74		2:09PM 0.51	3:13AM 0.62		3:51PM 0.60		5:23AM 0.63	5:23PM 0.72		6:42AM 0.67	6:51PM 0.55		7:33AM 0.51	7:37PM 0.42		8:08AM 0.40		8:04PM 0.30	8:35AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	1	-	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	2	-	3	-	3	1
High °C	17	18	16	19	20	20	25	24	20	28	25	23	28	18	18	16	16	15	16	20	20	18
Low °C	16	17	13	19	19	19	20	23	19	22	23	21	22	18	14	16	15	12	14	20	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	17	15	19	20	20	25	24	20	28	25	23	28	18	18	14	15	13	14	19	19	17
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:15
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:25	-	-	6:10	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 E	0.8 SSW	1.6 ENE	1.1 E	0.5 S	1.8 ESE	1.7 E	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	0.6 E	0.8 SW	3.5 S	0.7 E	0.6 E	2.5 S
Period (s)	14	15	15	17	16	16	8	12	8	9	12	10	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.3 ESE	1.3 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	-	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 E	0.8 E	-	0.5 S	0.7 E	-	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	8	8	8	12	-	12	11	-	11	12	9	9	9	-	11	10	-	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.9 SSE	0.9 ESE	-	2.0 E	1.6 E	1.9 ENE	-	1.8 ENE	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.7 WSW	6.0 SW	1.9 S	4.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	-	9	8	8	-	7	-	-	3	-	4	12	9	11	8	10	10

	Wednesday 22							Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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	Outer Pool Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route
Rating	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.5 E	1.6 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period(s)	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	16	16	16	16	15	8	14	9	9	9
Energy	14304	10444	9384	9250	11833	11420	8637	8804	6123	5379	3193	1234	2050	1795	1720	1515	1278	2085	1251	1133	1119	1018
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:35AM 1.55				7:18PM 1.26				7:35AM 1.18					8:07PM 1.35				8:42AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)				1:01PM 0.41				1:23AM 0.50									2:25AM 0.73				4:02PM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	16	16	17	17	17	15	17	15	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	18	20	27	28	27
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	17	16	17	14	17	15	16	16	18	20	20	20	19	19	18	20	27	28	27
Sunrise	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	2.0 E	1.6 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 E	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	13	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	16	16	16	16	15	8	14	12	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 E	0.9 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	1.0 E	1.5 SSW	1.3 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	7	7	8	7	7	6	8	12	8	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SE	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	2.5 E	-	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 E
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	-	8	-	9	9	9

	Wednesday 22																					Thu
	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	Outer Pool Garden Route	Off The Wall Cape Town	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Keurbooms Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route
Rating	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	0.3 ENE	4.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	5.0 SSW	3.0 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period(s)	13	14	13	13	-	-	14	13	9	13	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	16	8	16	16	16
Energy	13247	7406	14304	7120	0	0	8612	8591	16	5020	10961	5645	978	1035	1060	1066	1139	11420	1197	8371	8637	8164
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																	6:57PM 1.53	7:18PM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)											12:54PM 0.59
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	16	16	15	17	20	21	16	17	19	19	19	19	19	17	20	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	20	21	14	16	18	18	18	18	18	17	19	16	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	0.3 ENE	0.3 E	5.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	5.0 SSW	0.5 E	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	-	-	14	13	9	9	16	16	8	8	8	8	8	16	9	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	-	0.5 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	-	5.0 SSW	-	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	-	-	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	3.0 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	13	-	13	13	-	-	13	13	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	-	8	-	-	-

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