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

7 day 48 hour

	Fri	Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	8	8	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	5	5	5	7	9	8	8	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	8568	6880	5928	4843	2174	1709	1643	1525	966	878	1664	1541	4776	3756	2834	4285	2830	3759	5278	6934	5846	4708
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:04AM 1.49		4:32PM 1.47	4:39AM 1.43	5:08AM 1.54	5:09PM 1.50		5:18AM 1.40	6:11PM 1.60		5:59AM 1.35	6:27PM 1.49		6:59AM 1.39	7:31PM 1.53		7:37AM 1.22		8:32PM 1.64	8:49AM 1.36		9:20PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)	10:03PM 0.27	10:17AM 0.12		10:39PM 0.24	11:20AM 0.08		11:18PM 0.23	11:27AM 0.14		11:59PM 0.23	12:04PM 0.19		12:44AM 0.26	1:06PM 0.22		1:50AM 0.35	1:36PM 0.35		2:47AM 0.62		2:52PM 0.64	4:04AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	13	14	14	14	14	15	13	13	15	15	14	18	16	15	17	18	16	14	15	16
Low °C	12	14	12	10	11	14	12	12	13	12	12	14	13	13	15	14	14	17	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	15	12	12	14	15	14	18	15	13	17	18	16	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:57	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	17	16	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ENE	-	0.4 E	-	-	0.1 W	0.7 E	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.7 SW	-	0.8 E	-	-	0.5 E	0.7 E	1.7 SSW	-	-	0.6 E
Period (s)	-	10	-	11	-	-	16	10	18	15	22	20	-	11	-	-	11	11	18	-	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 11			Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Heaven West Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	10694	10521	9398	8568	7839	7478	7672	7689	7331	6029	5046	3743	3112	3459	2845	2570	1824	1629	1077	1643	1494	1513
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:57PM 1.50				4:34AM 1.53				4:58PM 1.56				4:40AM 1.43	5:04AM 1.57				5:08PM 1.52				5:22AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			10:02PM 0.26				10:17AM 0.12				10:39PM 0.24					11:17AM 0.09				11:20PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	12	13	13	15	11	11	12	15	13	13	11	11	13	20	20	13	13	17	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	10	12	12	13	8	8	11	14	12	12	11	11	12	20	20	12	12	16	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50
Sunset	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 ENE	-	-	2.5 WSW	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	1.2 E	1.2 E	1.3 E	-	-	1.1 E	0.1 W	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	14	11	-	-	-	-	7	8	9	-	-	9	16	-	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	4.5 SW	-	-	0.7 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.5 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	-	-	-

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