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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: South Africa Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, South Africa Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, South Africa Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, South Africa Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: South Africa Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: South Africa Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, South Africa Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, South Africa Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, South Africa Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

South Africa Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sun		Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sun
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Baboon Point West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cintsa East Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	13	12	12
Energy	1368	1065	1946	1666	1016	1235	798	1058	1177	1277	1048	1018	1015	1246	1013	1058	619	1090	3815	3101	1363	1012
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:18PM 1.35	8:42AM 1.30		9:15PM 1.25	10:06AM 1.13		10:24PM 1.53	11:09AM 1.37		11:57PM 1.43	12:07PM 1.22		12:27AM 1.67	1:04PM 1.31		1:14AM 1.51	1:55PM 1.41	2:22PM 1.56	2:43AM 1.62		3:11PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		2:35AM 0.54		2:47PM 0.70	3:46AM 0.45		3:48PM 0.47		5:04AM 0.59	5:20PM 0.49		5:55AM 0.28	6:27PM 0.41		6:51AM 0.18	7:26PM 0.29		7:43AM 0.09		8:23PM 0.21	9:02AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	16	16	15	17	17	15	17	21	20	16	18	15	15	17	14	13	17	18	16	17
Low °C	17	16	15	16	14	15	17	14	15	18	20	15	16	15	15	17	13	13	16	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	19	20	16	16	15	17	17	15	17	21	20	15	18	14	15	16	13	12	16	18	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:22	-
Sunset	5:24	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:16
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SW	1.8 SSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 E	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.5 E	0.9 E	0.1 NW	1.3 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.4 E	1.2 SSW	1.0 W	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	11	13	13	13	12	10	12	8	8	9	6	11	6	16	16	10	9	10	11	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.0 SW	2.4 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	13	-	-

	Sunday 07					Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wed
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1257	1500	1368	1864	1001	1065	1049	1963	1946	1379	1666	1501	1225	1016	1355	1202	1235	1026	798	1005	1138	1058
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	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)					8:18PM 1.35				8:42AM 1.30				9:16PM 1.49				10:06AM 1.13				10:19PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		1:38PM 0.44					2:35AM 0.54				2:47PM 0.70				4:06AM 0.53				3:48PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	18	17	17	20	17	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	17	18	17	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	18	17	17	20	17	16	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	17	18	17	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.5 SE	1.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.9 SW	0.9 E	0.8 E	0.8 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	12	11	12	13	13	13	11	13	11	13	11	11	12	6	10	10	10	12	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07															Monday 08
	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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	13	13	13	14	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1242	1150	1257	1252	1271	1500	1292	2303	1368	1368	1919	1864	1041	1011	1001	1931	1903	1065	1065	1963	1049	1049
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													8:18PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)						1:38PM 0.44													2:35AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	16	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	20	17	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	13	15	16	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	19	20	20	17	17	17	17	15	16	16
Sunrise	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	13	14	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.5 ESE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.5 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	11	9	9	9	9	12	14	14	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	11	11	13	13	11	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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