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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	Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tue
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Captains Cape Town	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town
Rating	2	4	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	3	0	3	3	3	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 WSW	3.0 E	2.2 E	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 SE	2.2 ESE	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.9 SE	2.5 S	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	8	9	8	7	8	9	8	9	12	18	10	9	15	13	12	10	8	12	13	12	11
Energy(?)	174	1173	758	500	658	576	288	597	1023	505	803	767	556	921	1377	327	738	1114	512	647	214	651
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:05PM 1.82		12:23AM 1.21	1:11PM 1.58		1:23AM 1.32		2:06PM 1.84	2:47AM 1.53		3:00PM 1.62	3:31AM 1.65		3:51PM 1.66	4:18AM 1.59		4:32PM 1.99			5:07PM 1.77		5:40AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		6:39PM 0.39		6:47AM 0.45	7:10PM 0.18		7:53AM 0.32		8:36PM 0.24	8:48AM 0.24		9:21PM 0.08	9:38AM 0.15		10:05PM 0.05	10:25AM 0.32		10:46PM 0.19	11:05AM 0.13		11:19PM 0.04	11:46AM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	5	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	22	25	25	21	28	24	21	21	24	22	23	22	19	23	25	22	24	26	20	21
Low °C	19	23	19	23	23	20	25	23	20	21	24	21	22	22	19	20	24	18	21	23	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	24	22	25	25	21	28	24	21	21	24	22	23	22	18	23	25	22	24	26	20	21
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	4:58	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:20	-	-	5:03	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:22	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	6:59	-	-	7:16	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:36	-	-	6:52	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	2.2 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.5 ESE	1.0 E	1.6 SE	2.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.0 WSW	2.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.2 E	1.5 WSW	0.8 SW	1.9 SE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	9	9	12	12	8	9	8	9	9	12	10	9	9	13	12	10	12	12	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	0.1 S	1.2 E	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.4 E	0.2 WNW	1.0 E	0.2 WNW	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	5	13	11	-	-	11	16	9	13	12	18	12	11	15	14	13	12	13	10	15	5	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	3.0 E	-	1.9 ENE	2.5 ENE	-	1.2 NE	0.4 SW	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	2.4 S	1.5 SSE	-	2.5 S	-	1.2 S	-	-
Period (s)	3	8	-	8	7	-	7	5	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	6	-	8	-	5	-	-

	Tuesday 30							Wednesday 31								Thursday 01
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Groenvlei Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	The Wedge Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	2.2 E	0.9 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.4 NE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	2.0 E	2.0 NE	1.6 NE	1.9 ENE	1.4 ESE	0.8 SW	1.8 NE	1.7 SE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	11	8	11	10	9	9	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	13	7	8
Energy(?)	1268	1096	218	404	243	216	1021	2012	867	515	422	408	629	1179	1009	708	558	663	589	518	534	635
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high-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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:02PM 1.49				12:46AM 1.51				1:11PM 1.55				1:51AM 1.63					2:18PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		5:27AM 0.53				6:08PM 0.28				6:47AM 0.46				7:45PM 0.32				7:59AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	risk thund- der	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-
Temp. °C	21	23	20	25	21	22	21	21	20	22	22	24	24	22	21	22	21	23	21	23	24	21
Chill °C (?)	21	23	20	25	21	22	21	21	20	22	22	24	24	22	21	22	21	23	21	23	24	21
Sunrise	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:56	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	4:58	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:59	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	1.9 ESE	0.9 WSW	1.7 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	2.2 E	1.9 ENE	1.6 ESE	1.6 E	1.4 ESE	0.1 SW	1.9 ENE	2.0 E	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 NE	1.7 SE
Period (s)	8	8	11	8	11	10	12	9	7	9	9	9	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	7	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.1 S	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 E	1.1 E
Period (s)	9	9	6	9	12	11	9	12	9	10	10	12	-	11	13	-	16	16	10	13	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.2 E	0.4 NNW	-	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSW	2.5 E	3.0 E	2.4 NE	-	1.1 WSW	0.2 WSW	2.2 ENE	2.3 ENE	1.8 NE	2.0 NE	1.6 NE	1.9 ENE	-	-	1.8 NE	-
Period (s)	8	8	3	-	5	3	9	9	7	-	10	2	8	8	8	7	7	8	-	-	7	-

	Tuesday 30																					Wed
	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	Brak River Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Groenvlei Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	The Wedge Garden Route	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mngazi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 E	2.1 ESE	0.6 WSW	2.4 E	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	2.1 E	1.9 E	0.7 E	1.8 ESE	2.3 E	1.6 ESE	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 E	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	0.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	6	6	7	8	8	9	12
Energy(?)	1533	597	131	1243	99	119	576	451	154	460	665	384	475	505	942	279	248	263	737	427	287	9
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											12:02PM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)				5:27AM 0.53													6:40PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	19	21	18	19	26	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	23	23	23	21	20	22	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	19	21	18	19	26	23	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	23	23	23	21	20	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:59	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.1 ESE	0.7 SE	1.9 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.7 E	1.8 ESE	0.4 SW	1.6 ESE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 E	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 SW	1.6 ESE	1.3 E	0.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	12	12	12	13	8	9	13	9	14	14	12	7	7	6	12	11	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 E	-	0.3 N	2.4 E	0.3 N	0.3 N	2.1 E	1.9 E	1.2 ENE	-	2.3 E	-	2.3 ENE	2.3 ENE	3.0 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.6 ENE	1.7 ENE	2.3 E	-	0.7 NE	2.5 ENE
Period (s)	8	-	3	8	2	2	8	8	5	-	8	-	7	7	8	6	6	7	8	-	4	8

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