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

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	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wed
	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	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Noordhoek Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Heaven West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Herolds Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	0	3	2	0	3	2	2	5	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.6 E	2.5 SE	1.3 E	1.8 S	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.5 SW	2.1 S	1.6 SE	1.9 S	0.9 SW	1.3 SE	2.5 ESE	0.6 SW	1.2 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period(s) (?)	9	10	7	9	6	9	9	12	8	6	7	10	6	7	10	8	9	9	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	523	469	1006	450	563	544	405	953	962	337	603	193	164	669	80	192	2028	1635	959	1119	638	413
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:10PM 1.70		6:40AM 1.69	6:47PM 1.62		7:26AM 1.42	7:35PM 1.56		8:12AM 1.58		8:40PM 1.37	9:02AM 1.30		9:44PM 1.32	10:40AM 1.49		11:12PM 1.13	11:30AM 1.40		12:52AM 1.17	12:37PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	12:12PM 0.55		12:23AM 0.25	12:44PM 0.41		1:01AM 0.26	1:36PM 0.44		1:26AM 0.38		2:40PM 0.66	2:42AM 0.69		3:53PM 0.78	3:57AM 0.57		5:15PM 0.56		5:09AM 0.49	6:08PM 0.28		6:24AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	risk thund- der	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	2	3	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	20	24	25	21	23	22	18	21	22	21	24	24	22	22	24	21	24	26	21	23
Low °C	20	23	18	23	22	19	22	21	17	19	22	17	19	23	20	21	23	20	23	26	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	24	19	24	25	21	23	22	17	21	22	21	24	24	22	22	24	21	24	26	21	23
Sunrise	4:54	-	-	4:50	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	4:54	-	-	5:18	-	-	5:18
Sunset	-	6:50	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.2 SW	1.3 E	0.9 SW	1.1 E	1.2 E	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 ESE	0.4 SW	3.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	2.5 E	1.7 ESE	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	11	9	11	9	9	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	8	10	9	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	-	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	-	0.1 S	0.1 NE	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	-	14	10	12	8	8	16	15	15	14	14	13	-	15	8	14	10	9	9	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.7 S	2.5 SE	1.3 S	1.8 S	1.2 E	-	1.8 S	2.1 S	1.6 SE	1.9 S	1.1 S	1.3 SE	2.5 ESE	1.1 ESE	-	3.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.5 W
Period (s)	6	6	7	6	6	6	-	7	8	6	7	6	6	7	4	-	9	-	-	-	-	3

	Tue	Wednesday 24								Thursday 25								Friday 26
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.7 S	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 E	1.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	8	10	11	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	9	12
Energy(?)	559	623	595	593	602	481	522	672	672	629	585	565	704	441	433	374	505	683	1000	764	550	887
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	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)				6:02AM 1.72				6:11PM 1.71				6:24AM 1.63				6:47PM 1.62				7:06AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		11:48PM 0.20				12:07PM 0.33				12:23AM 0.25				12:52PM 0.61				12:37AM 0.31				1:23PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-
Temp. °C	24	23	23	23	23	21	21	22	20	22	18	20	21	23	23	22	21	18	17	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	24	23	23	23	23	21	21	22	20	22	18	20	21	23	23	22	21	18	16	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	4:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.0 SW	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	10	11	12	12	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SW	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSW	1.0 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSE	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	10	14	13	13	8	6	7	9	16	16	16	8	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SE	-	0.8 SSE	-	-	1.6 S	2.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 E	1.4 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	2	5	6	6	6	8	6	7	7	7	-	6	-	-	7	8	6	9	7

	Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Dairy Beach (New Pier) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Stompneus West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	4	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	2.0 SSW	1.7 E	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 S	1.4 E	2.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	8	8	8	10	8
Energy(?)	569	589	608	611	621	342	417	524	523	593	573	555	749	625	602	602	730	660	745	863	524	868
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)																						5:51PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)				11:48PM 0.20													12:06PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	24	24	23	21	21	23	17	24	18	19	19	24	23	23	22	24	25	25	21	22
Chill °C (?)	24	24	24	24	23	21	21	23	16	24	17	18	18	24	23	23	22	24	25	25	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.6 E	0.4 SW	1.7 E	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	1.7 E	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.4 E	0.5 SW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	12	9	12	12	12	9	9	9	10	13	12	13	10	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	1.2 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	15	11	15	15	15	11	11	11	11	15	14	11	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	-	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 S	2.0 S	2.2 SSW	2.4 S	-	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	4	8	-	8	8	8	6	5	5	6	8	8	8	-	8

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