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

	Wed		Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Robberg Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Kosi Bay KZN North	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Kosi Bay KZN North	Muizenberg Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Senoritas KZN North	Dunes Cape Town	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	8	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	2	0	4	9	8	8	5	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	1.7 E	1.5 E	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	2.1 S	3.5 S	5.0 SSW	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	2.1 SE	3.5 SSE
Period(s)	15	15	14	16	16	12	7	8	12	12	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	14	14	7	13
Energy	9933	5508	3025	2525	2133	859	696	1118	241	73	572	410	152	349	1221	2934	12335	14278	10280	17796	848	3804
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	7:26PM 1.58		7:47AM 1.30		8:49PM 1.22	9:33AM 1.13		10:46PM 1.11	11:10AM 1.32		11:37PM 1.25	12:48PM 1.43		1:17AM 1.55	1:35PM 1.49		1:57AM 1.79		2:04PM 1.48	2:23AM 1.54		2:42PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)		1:33AM 0.55		2:09PM 0.51	3:18AM 0.66		3:45PM 0.59		5:07AM 0.72	5:15PM 0.47		6:41AM 0.74	6:51PM 0.55		7:33AM 0.51	7:37PM 0.42		8:07AM 0.27		8:08PM 0.27	8:40AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	2	-	2	-	-
High °C	17	16	15	20	22	25	25	21	28	24	23	30	19	25	15	15	15	15	19	20	15	18
Low °C	17	13	14	20	19	17	22	19	20	23	21	24	18	22	15	15	14	14	18	17	13	18
Chill °C (?)	17	15	15	20	22	25	25	21	28	24	23	30	19	25	13	13	13	14	18	20	14	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:15	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:30	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:37	-	-	7:18	-
Sunset	5:54	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:36	-	-	5:27	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:27
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S	1.9 SSW	1.7 ESE	0.9 S	1.8 ENE	1.6 E	0.5 S	1.7 E	1.5 E	0.8 E	1.4 ESE	1.0 SW	3.5 S	4.0 SSW	4.5 S	0.6 E	4.5 S	0.7 SW	3.5 SSE
Period (s)	15	15	14	16	16	8	12	8	9	12	9	9	9	10	12	11	12	12	10	14	10	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SE	0.5 E	-	1.3 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 E	0.4 E	-	0.5 E	0.7 SW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	7	8	-	12	-	12	12	-	13	12	15	12	12	12	10	10	-	10	14	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.8 SE	-	1.6 ESE	-	2.1 ENE	2.3 ENE	-	1.7 ENE	-	-	1.7 WSW	0.9 NNE	2.1 S	-	5.0 SSW	5.0 S	5.0 S	5.0 S	2.1 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	8	-	7	8	-	9	-	-	7	4	10	-	12	12	14	14	7	-

	Wednesday 22					Thursday 23								Friday 24								Sat
	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	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 E	1.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period(s)	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	8	9	8	8	8
Energy	9384	9250	9796	11420	8637	7557	6123	5379	3114	2118	2032	1279	1754	1605	1319	1122	1387	775	925	1046	1412	1083
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)				7:18PM 1.26				7:35AM 1.18					8:07PM 1.35				8:42AM 1.31				10:46PM 1.11
Low Tide / height (m)		1:01PM 0.41				1:32AM 0.54					2:07PM 0.46				2:25AM 0.73				4:04PM 0.62
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-
Temp. °C	16	17	17	17	15	15	16	16	16	21	19	20	20	19	19	19	21	28	27	21	19	17
Chill °C (?)	15	17	17	17	15	14	16	16	16	21	19	20	20	19	19	19	21	28	27	21	19	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSW	1.7 E	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 ENE	1.7 E
Period (s)	15	15	16	16	16	15	16	16	14	14	13	16	16	16	15	14	14	8	11	12	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	1.1 SE	-	0.1 NW	0.4 E	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	-	0.7 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	9	7	-	16	8	7	8	8	8	8	12	11	-	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SE	-	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 E	2.5 ENE	2.5 ENE	2.2 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	9	8	8	8

	Wednesday 22															Thursday 23
	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	Outer Pool Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Robberg Garden Route	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	8	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s)	15	14	15	14	15	15	13	14	16	16	16	9	8	8	8	8	13	16	15	16	16	16
Energy	8532	8718	9492	9704	9396	9525	5257	5197	10333	8436	9491	1215	1343	1269	1209	1208	3124	8980	6068	6520	3291	3196
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												7:06PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)						1:01PM 0.40												1:28AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	17	17	17	19	19	18	19	16	19	19	19	19	19	21	18	14	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	17	19	14	18	18	18	18	18	21	18	13	15	16	16
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.3 E	0.3 E	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 S
Period (s)	15	14	15	14	15	15	9	9	16	16	16	14	9	9	9	9	9	16	15	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 E	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	-	-	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	22	22	22	22	-	-	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	-	-	1.8 SE	2.4 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	14	-	-	6	9	8	8	8	8	13	-	-	-	-	-

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