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 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			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	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Black Rocks Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Baboon Point West Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	9
Energy(?)	615	912	1099	2732	4308	4882	4570	3486	2224	1934	1627	1019	677	1121	2369	1787	1430	1091	1854	1260	1541	1887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:50PM 1.58		5:58AM 1.39	5:58PM 1.35		6:15AM 1.18	6:28PM 1.24		6:51AM 1.07	7:04PM 1.12		7:41AM 0.97		8:10PM 1.01	9:41AM 0.90		10:16PM 0.97	11:52AM 0.96		12:47AM 1.10	12:52PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)		11:44PM 0.26	11:59AM 0.26		12:12AM 0.35	12:10PM 0.42		12:45AM 0.45	12:42PM 0.53		1:27AM 0.56	1:28PM 0.64		2:55AM 0.64		3:24PM 0.73		5:26AM 0.61	6:01PM 0.67		6:27AM 0.72	7:30PM 0.58
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	16	15	16	18	15	14	16	14	14	16	14	15	18	17	19	16	16	15	17
Low °C	14	13	14	15	14	14	17	14	14	16	13	14	15	12	12	18	15	17	15	15	12	16
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	16	14	16	18	14	14	16	13	13	14	12	15	18	16	19	15	14	14	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:01	-
Sunset	6:23	-	-	6:24	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:02
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.5 E
Period (s)	9	12	12	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 SE	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 E	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SE	1.2 ESE	0.3 WNW	1.0 E	0.4 WNW	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	9	17	9	10	9	10	10	16	16	4	19	10	18	18	6	6	7	16	8	15	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	0.8 E	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 W	-	3.5 SW
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	9

	Wednesday 27					Thursday 28								Friday 29								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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Extensions Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14
Energy(?)	816	549	530	624	1022	1006	1064	1011	1330	3001	2033	3431	3844	3418	3545	4277	5521	5153	4242	4508	3166	3486
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:30PM 1.45				5:46AM 1.27				5:58PM 1.35				6:13AM 1.19				6:40PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		11:17AM 0.23				11:44PM 0.26				11:43AM 0.32				12:13AM 0.35				12:10PM 0.42				12:53AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	16	14	14	14	14	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	15	15	16	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	14	13	13	14	13	15	15	14	14	13	14	12	14	15	14	15	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.8 WSW	0.4 E	1.1 WSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.3 SE
Period (s)	5	13	6	12	10	10	9	9	18	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	-	-	11	24	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	-	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 WSW
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Wednesday 27															Thursday 28
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Extensions Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10
Energy(?)	812	491	740	534	641	641	617	549	615	617	883	930	930	947	930	863	1006	1006	943	526	969	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)										5:30PM 1.45												5:59AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				11:17AM 0.23												11:43PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	13	16	15	13	14	14	17	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	15	14	11	13	12	16	15	13	12	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	12	13	13
Sunrise	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.7 WSW	0.4 E	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 SW	0.4 S	0.8 SW
Period (s)	5	13	5	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	10	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 S	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	4	-	-	-	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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