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			Wednesday 29
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kei Mouth Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kosi Bay KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Muizenberg Cape Town	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Kelso (Happy Wanderers) Durban/KZN South	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mapelane KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	2	0	4	8	8	8	5	5	5	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	1.8 E	1.5 E	1.5 WSW	1.7 E	2.2 SSW	2.5 S	4.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 S	5.0 SSW	3.5 S	1.4 SW
Period(s)	15	17	16	13	8	12	8	8	8	10	8	7	10	11	8	12	14	14	14	14	13	14
Energy	5727	4036	2101	1236	735	632	830	564	733	675	350	383	649	1291	1059	11538	10898	8746	6831	15760	4002	1063
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:43AM 1.18		8:48PM 1.16	9:33AM 1.13		10:20PM 1.42	11:03AM 1.09		12:19AM 1.39	12:45PM 1.34		1:17AM 1.55	1:27PM 1.39		1:45AM 1.50			2:17AM 1.58		2:38PM 1.45	2:54AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	1:29AM 0.50		2:13PM 0.54	3:01AM 0.64		3:45PM 0.59			5:35PM 0.69		6:42AM 0.67	6:51PM 0.55		7:30AM 0.38	7:33PM 0.35		8:06AM 0.43	7:42PM 0.35	8:05PM 0.28	8:40AM 0.21		8:40PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	4	2	-	3	1	-	-
High °C	16	21	21	19	24	24	21	29	29	23	31	17	24	16	21	15	17	23	16	19	21	18
Low °C	13	19	21	16	19	22	19	21	25	21	28	17	22	15	19	14	16	22	15	18	20	16
Chill °C (?)	15	21	21	18	24	24	21	29	29	23	31	16	24	15	21	13	15	23	14	18	21	18
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:35	-	-	7:16	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:15	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:34	-	-	6:14	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:23	-	-	5:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	0.5 E	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 ESE	1.0 SSW	1.6 ENE	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 E	1.5 E	0.6 WSW	1.7 E	2.2 SSW	1.1 E	4.0 SSW	0.3 E	0.9 E	4.0 S	4.0 S	3.5 S	1.4 SW
Period (s)	15	8	16	13	8	12	8	12	12	10	8	9	10	11	10	12	10	10	14	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.5 E	1.2 SE	-	1.1 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 E	0.3 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.3 S
Period (s)	-	8	7	-	12	-	12	9	17	11	12	15	12	12	15	10	10	-	10	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SE	2.5 S	-	3.0 ENE	-	1.9 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	2.1 ENE	0.3 N	-	1.5 WSW	1.2 NNE	-	2.5 S	4.5 SSW	5.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	5.0 SSW	-	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	17	-	8	-	6	8	8	8	3	-	7	5	-	8	12	14	14	-	14	-	6

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23								Friday 24								Saturday 25
	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	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	9	9	9	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 SSW	2.1 E	2.1 E	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period(s)	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	12	8	8	9	9	9	8	9	8
Energy	11833	11420	8637	8804	6103	5379	3189	2118	2101	1815	1802	1562	1278	1038	1149	1000	566	540	670	1133	1101	1214
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		7:18PM 1.26				7:35AM 1.18					8:07PM 1.35				9:30AM 1.07				10:49PM 1.17
Low Tide / height (m)				1:23AM 0.50									2:25AM 0.73				4:12PM 0.81					5:19AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	16	17	14	16	16	21	21	21	20	20	19	17	21	25	26	21	22	18	21	20
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	17	13	16	16	21	21	21	20	20	19	17	21	25	26	21	22	18	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.8 ESE	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.8 E	1.8 ENE	1.4 E	1.8 ENE
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	15	8	12	12	9	9	9	8	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	1.1 SE	-	1.2 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.5 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	7	-	7	6	8	8	8	12	-	-	11	11	12	12	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 E	2.1 E	-	-	-	2.4 ENE	2.0 ENE	2.3 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	-	-	-	8	9	8

	Wednesday 22									Thursday 23
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Robberg Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	9	9	9	9	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	9	9	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	14	16
Energy	11082	11380	9933	10963	9619	6544	8461	6977	1351	1351	2499	2490	2517	5614	7557	7362	4249	2651	5371	2764	4609	2807
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)						7:12PM 1.24												7:33AM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)												1:07AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	18	16	18	15	15	19	19	20	19	19	14	17	17	13	15	17	19	19	20
Chill °C (?)	17	18	17	18	16	18	14	14	18	18	20	18	18	13	16	16	12	13	16	19	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	7:07	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	5.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 S	3.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	16	15	16	16	9	9	9	9	9	15	15	15	15	14	15	16	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	-	0.3 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	22	22	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 SE	-	3.0 S	3.0 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	-	-	-	0.9 ENE	1.4 ENE	-	-	0.7 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	9	9	13	13	13	-	-	-	4	5	-	-	4	-

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