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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	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Black Rocks Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)	Hullets Reef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	4	4	5	5	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 NE	0.6 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	7	12	16	14	14	12	12	16	13	12	13	11	6	11	10	13	11	13	13
Energy(?)	746	1666	1294	131	802	1987	1550	2425	824	821	2768	1831	590	1440	557	217	172	1477	2174	2846	3119	4654
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:59PM 1.79	2:54AM 1.44		3:36PM 1.97	3:21AM 1.45		3:51PM 1.77	4:11AM 1.54		3:54PM 1.62	4:36AM 1.51		4:26PM 1.64	4:46AM 1.31		4:53PM 1.56		5:16AM 1.25	5:37PM 1.44		6:07AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)	8:28AM 0.20		8:51PM 0.09	8:57AM 0.20		9:16PM 0.09	9:41AM 0.17		10:04PM 0.09	9:49AM 0.22		10:30PM 0.13	10:38AM 0.34		10:36PM 0.23	10:43AM 0.59		11:04PM 0.52	11:14AM 0.43		11:38PM 0.39	11:53AM 0.78
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	1	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	22	20	24	18	25	28	17	21	19	15	17	19	17	31	22	14	13	17	14	16
Low °C	19	18	21	18	21	15	22	27	16	19	18	14	15	19	14	24	20	13	13	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	20	20	22	20	24	17	25	28	16	21	19	14	17	19	17	31	22	12	11	15	12	16
Sunrise	5:09	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:24
Sunset	-	6:45	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SSW	0.7 ENE	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	15	14	13	7	12	16	14	14	12	12	16	13	12	13	11	11	8	10	13	11	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SSE	-	0.2 WSW	0.8 E	-	-	-	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.1 E	0.6 SSW	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	12	10	5	9	20	11	7	-	20	7	-	-	-	10	11	12	11	-	-	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SSE	1.6 ESE	-	0.8 ENE	1.7 SSE	1.5 ESE	0.4 S	1.6 E	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.4 NE	0.8 S	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	6	-	9	6	5	5	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	11	6	4	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 20							Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	3376	3468	2032	1904	793	1192	1357	1185	1346	1013	1060	1134	78	1195	1216	1815	2249	1924	1619	1997	1120	1088
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					3:12PM 1.94				3:19AM 1.55				3:34PM 2.02				3:29AM 1.67				3:27PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)			8:28AM 0.20				9:14PM 0.11				8:56AM 0.21				9:16PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	22	23	19	22	15	15	14	16	28	19	19	19	20	17	17	20	24	28	24	21
Chill °C (?)	13	16	22	23	19	22	14	15	14	15	28	19	18	19	20	17	17	20	24	28	24	21
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	16	15	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	1.2 SE	-	0.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	1.3 S	-	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	1.1 ESE
Period (s)	-	9	-	-	7	-	11	6	5	7	-	9	8	18	17	12	7	7	-	-	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	1.0 S	-	1.5 S	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 ENE	1.6 SSE	-	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	2.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SE	1.2 SE	0.8 SE	1.0 ESE	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	7	4	-	8	-	7	6	6	5	6	-	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	5	5	4	-

	Monday 20																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route
Rating	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.6 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	16	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	14
Energy(?)	3949	4170	3376	3080	774	2317	3170	2974	3087	1902	2201	2502	306	1743	1549	1506	1455	1304	1191	1446	988	1062
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)							8:50AM 0.19												8:51PM 0.10	9:14PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	20	19	16	17	19	20	23	27	18	19	19	22	20	20	20	17	15	18	16
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	20	19	15	17	19	20	23	27	17	19	18	22	20	20	20	16	14	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.9 SSW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	0.8 SE	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	15	16	15	15	16	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	6	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.3 SE	1.0 S	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	0.1 E
Period (s)	-	10	-	-	12	7	9	9	16	-	-	9	10	-	-	-	-	-	9	11	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	0.8 ESE	1.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.6 ESE	-	0.4 E	-	-	0.7 E	-	1.9 SSE	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	7	4	7	8	8	7	4	-	9	-	-	4	-	7	7	7	7	7	5	6	7	6

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