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

	Saturday 28			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Sat
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Boneyards Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kleinemonde Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	5	9	0	9	8	6	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	1.7 ENE	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 ENE	1.1 SSW	1.1 ENE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	8	13	14	14	14	15	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	5	11	8
Energy(?)	890	3141	720	7088	8806	7882	4761	1296	2083	1453	783	772	488	641	591	1210	899	731	653	172	307	333
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	glass	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 1.34	2:13PM 1.55	2:42AM 1.51		2:52PM 1.65	3:12AM 1.85		3:26PM 1.73	3:48AM 1.75		4:05PM 2.03	4:23AM 2.12		4:07PM 1.60	4:42AM 1.91		4:56PM 1.63	4:49AM 1.66		5:04PM 1.42		5:37AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			8:31PM 0.25	8:52AM 0.23		9:04PM 0.13	9:26AM 0.12		9:36PM 0.03	9:57AM 0.31		10:12PM 0.15	10:27AM 0.02		10:31PM 0.00	10:54AM 0.05		10:39PM 0.11	11:04AM 0.11		11:21PM 0.14	11:46AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	heavy rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	11	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	20	21	27	16	15	17	18	21	17	19	18	18	20	21	19	24	21	20	21	28	23	29
Low °C	18	21	24	15	15	15	15	21	16	17	18	17	17	21	18	21	20	19	20	27	20	26
Chill °C (?)	20	21	27	14	13	16	18	21	16	19	17	18	20	21	19	24	21	20	21	28	23	29
Sunrise	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	5:56
Sunset	-	7:06	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:29	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.3 SW	1.7 ENE	0.3 E	0.3 E	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	0.8 ESE	1.1 SSW	1.1 ENE
Period (s)	11	11	8	12	12	14	14	15	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	11	11	11	7	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	0.4 E	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 NW	0.2 E	0.4 E	0.4 NW	0.4 E	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 E	0.8 E	0.3 WNW	0.5 S	0.6 E	0.4 SSW	1.0 E	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	12	-	-	13	11	10	19	4	18	18	16	16	8	8	18	14	8	14	7	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	3.0 SW	1.0 SSW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	2.1 S	-	0.7 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 W	0.5 SSW	-	0.7 E	1.4 ENE	0.4 WSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	4	11	12	13	14	-	-	8	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	4	5	3	5

	Saturday 28							Sunday 01								Monday 02
	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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hell West Coast	Hell West Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	4	3	3	5	6	9	9	9	5	0	0	9	8	9	8	9	7	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	9	9	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	739	1037	1035	1280	3141	5004	8041	9394	8776	6324	337	302	8806	9486	8263	7465	8731	6203	5218	3958	3111	3627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					2:13PM 1.52				2:42AM 1.51				2:52PM 1.65				3:16AM 1.65				3:25PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)			8:12AM 0.38				8:30PM 0.27				8:58AM 0.46				9:04PM 0.12				8:59AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	21	21	21	20	20	18	18	19	27	26	15	17	14	13	14	15	17	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	15	18	21	21	21	20	20	18	18	18	27	26	14	16	12	11	12	14	17	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	0.4 E	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.1 ENE	0.3 E	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	0.3 E	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	12	12	9	9	12	15	15	15	11	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 E	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 NW	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	9	9	8	14	8	8	13	18	18	12	12	12	-	13	11	11	-	13	13	13	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	5.0 SW	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	6	6	14	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 28																					Sun
	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	Groenvlei Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	The Wreck Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hell West Coast	Hell West Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	4	3	3	5	6	9	9	9	5	0	0	9	8	9	8	9	7	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	6	7	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	739	723	901	865	754	1030	1048	787	955	569	299	328	1097	911	3141	3376	1822	1419	1606	3934	3310	2665
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													2:13PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)							8:11AM 0.41											7:56PM 0.22
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	16	17	17	16	16	18	19	20	21	20	29	29	21	19	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	16	17	17	16	16	18	19	20	21	20	29	29	21	19	21	21	20	19	18	18	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.6 E	0.6 E	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	0.8 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	18	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.5 WSW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 E	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	14	14	9	9	8	8	9	15	15	15	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	1.2 ENE	1.3 ENE	-	-	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	9	9	4	9	3	6	7	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	11	-	-

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