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 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27
	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	Doring Bay West Coast	Queens Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cemetery Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Muizenberg Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Heaven West Coast
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	7	9	9	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	16	14	14	14	17	16	13	13	12	11	11	9	11	10	13	13	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1179	712	838	1933	1550	2398	1284	813	1822	2168	1862	1899	673	1055	471	2130	2057	3214	2913	6307	10571	5650
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	3:25AM 1.86		3:25PM 1.80	3:43AM 1.67		3:53PM 1.67	3:48AM 1.59		4:00PM 1.70	4:23AM 1.61		4:26PM 1.64	4:51AM 1.55	5:03AM 1.43	4:52PM 1.32		5:18AM 1.23	5:35PM 1.73		6:03AM 1.24	6:11PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20PM 0.11	8:55AM 0.19		9:38PM 0.09	9:43AM 0.14		9:42PM 0.13	10:10AM 0.15		10:09PM 0.39	10:17AM 0.27		10:36PM 0.45	11:02AM 0.31		11:20PM 0.33	11:16AM 0.43		11:53PM 0.39	12:02PM 0.51		12:30AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	23	20	23	18	24	26	22	19	18	16	19	20	15	17	16	14	17	14	13	16	18	16
Low °C	22	15	21	16	22	25	20	17	17	15	17	19	14	17	14	13	14	14	11	14	18	15
Chill °C (?)	23	20	23	17	24	26	22	19	17	16	19	20	14	17	14	11	16	13	12	16	17	15
Sunrise	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:47	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.2 E	0.1 S	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	16	14	14	14	11	16	13	13	12	11	11	17	11	10	13	13	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSE	-	-	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	-	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.1 S	0.2 E	-	1.1 SSW	0.2 E	-	0.2 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	20	12	7	-	-	17	11	-	9	10	11	12	-	12	11	-	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	0.4 SSW	1.5 E	1.6 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	6	6	5	6	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Monday 20			Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Queens Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 NE
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	17	16	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	8
Energy(?)	793	1162	1353	1168	1335	1178	1060	1144	838	1108	1231	1815	2313	3616	1541	1906	1306	1088	1971	1473	1457	1035
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:12PM 1.94				3:19AM 1.55				3:08PM 1.77				3:29AM 1.67				3:27PM 1.52				4:11AM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			9:14PM 0.11				8:56AM 0.21				9:16PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.19				10:04PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	23	15	15	14	16	29	19	21	19	20	17	17	18	19	27	25	20	24	21	20	27
Chill °C (?)	19	23	14	15	14	16	29	19	21	19	20	17	17	18	19	27	25	20	24	21	20	27
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:16
Sunset	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.4 ENE
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	16	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SE	-	0.1 SE	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.3 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSE	0.1 E	0.9 SE	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 E	1.2 E	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	7	-	10	5	5	5	-	5	20	18	17	12	7	9	6	-	-	6	7	7	7	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 S	1.1 ESE	1.2 E	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.6 ENE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	0.8 ENE	1.4 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 SSE	-	1.9 ENE	-	-	2.0 NE
Period (s)	-	7	5	6	5	5	-	5	6	7	7	7	7	4	6	5	4	-	7	-	-	8

	Monday 20									Tuesday 21
	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	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Doring Bay West Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Queens Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Energy(?)	736	1458	1660	1562	2019	1914	1288	1765	1104	1113	950	1015	974	1367	732	820	920	768	1178	1178	1146	399
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	on	on	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)														3:20AM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)							8:50PM 0.11	9:17PM 0.10												9:17AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	23	18	17	17	16	22	17	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	16	18	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	19	23	17	16	16	15	22	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	11	14	13	16	18	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSW	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 E	-	0.1 SE	1.2 S	0.1 SE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	15	-	9	9	9	10	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	10	7	10	5	5	5	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.5 S	1.4 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 E	0.9 E	1.1 SSW	1.0 E	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.5 S	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	2.2 SE	0.9 ESE	1.4 SSE	0.9 ESE	0.7 ENE	0.7 ENE	-	0.7 ENE
Period (s)	-	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	-	6	5	7	5	5	5	-	5

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