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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	Mon		Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Baboon Point West Coast	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	3619	1175	1554	1617	1069	668	581	983	1669	2733	3736	3057	3725	4523	1141	2148	1635	2795	2377	1658	2413	1452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	cross	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:59PM 1.72	4:47AM 1.43		4:57PM 1.88		5:35AM 1.50	5:56PM 1.79		5:48AM 1.33	6:00PM 1.40		6:22AM 1.38	6:42PM 1.35		6:48AM 1.33	7:10PM 1.53		7:23AM 1.04	7:52PM 1.07	8:10PM 1.01	8:13AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		10:49PM 0.13	10:50AM 0.15		11:34PM 0.18	11:36AM 0.15		12:01AM 0.23	11:45AM 0.35		12:23AM 0.39	12:22PM 0.42		12:53AM 0.46	12:55PM 0.47		1:29AM 0.58	1:26PM 0.63		2:55AM 0.64		3:32PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	13	16	16	15	16	17	14	14	17	14	17	16	17	16	16	14	14	18	13	12	17
Low °C	15	12	12	16	14	14	16	13	14	16	13	14	16	14	13	16	13	14	16	10	10	16
Chill °C (?)	14	10	16	15	14	16	16	13	13	17	13	17	16	16	16	16	13	12	16	11	11	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:11	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	5:53	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.8 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	0.3 ESE	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	10	11	12	12	11	11	10	12	12	16	15	15	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 E	0.2 SSW	0.4 E	1.0 WSW	0.4 S	1.1 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 E	-	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.8 ESE	0.4 NW	0.5 E	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	10	12	18	10	16	5	12	10	17	9	10	8	-	11	22	21	5	19	8	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 SW	1.7 S	-	-	0.6 E	-	1.1 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SW	-	-	-	-	2.5 SW	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	13	6	-	-	4	-	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	3

	Monday 25					Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 S	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	0.9 S	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	12	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	10	12	11	12
Energy(?)	2949	1396	1712	1023	3148	3015	1361	1338	1101	1474	1297	1117	1226	1069	637	531	668	547	528	792	506	983
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:34PM 1.59					5:11AM 1.55				5:23PM 1.78				5:37AM 1.84				5:30PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	10:45AM 0.04					11:08PM 0.12			10:51AM 0.17					11:34PM 0.18				11:34AM 0.16				11:44PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	15	14	13	14	13	14	14	16	16	13	15	13	15	16	16	16	17	14	20	13
Chill °C (?)	15	13	14	13	12	13	12	14	12	15	15	12	14	13	14	16	16	16	17	13	20	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.4 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 ENE	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.1 ENE	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	16	12	11	12	11	12	6	11	11	10	12	7	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 E	0.2 SSW	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 S	0.9 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	10	20	20	10	10	10	10	10	12	21	16	16	10	16	9	12	5	5	5	10	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	2.4 SSW	-	-	0.7 E	0.6 E	1.4 NE	1.6 NE	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.5 ENE	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	11	-	-	4	4	6	6	-	-	-	5	7	4

	Monday 25															Tuesday 26
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Arniston Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	2.0 SSW	1.6 S	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	6	6	10	10	10	12	7	12
Energy(?)	3234	1439	1760	1030	3039	3226	1460	1127	1591	1508	3903	2275	4258	3148	326	245	8	8	8	1292	304	1137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)									4:35PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)			10:23AM 0.10													11:12PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	15	17	16	16	18	15	14	14	14	15	14	19	19	15	14	14	12	18	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	14	16	14	14	17	13	12	13	14	13	13	18	18	14	12	13	11	17	10
Sunrise	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	0.4 ENE	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.3 E	3.0 SW	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	10	12	6	6	12	12	12	12	14	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 E	-	-	0.1 E	0.2 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	0.2 E	0.5 E	0.5 S	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.9 SW	0.4 E	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	-	-	11	10	10	10	9	20	19	10	10	-	10	10	14	10	10	10	12	10	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.8 SSW	0.8 S	0.9 S	2.4 SW	-	3.5 SW	-	2.2 SSW	1.6 S	-	-	-	0.7 S	1.6 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	5	5	13	4	4	12	-	13	-	6	6	-	-	-	4	7	4

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