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

7 day 48 hour

	Fri		Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Fri
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Robberg Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape Vidal KZN North	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	14	13	13	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	13	13
Energy(?)	1933	3191	3129	1835	1369	1103	502	622	734	1083	739	639	1423	2094	1457	2239	3032	1117	1310	2173	1419	1127
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	6:58PM		7:21AM	7:50PM		8:50AM		9:54PM	10:47AM		11:46PM 6:56PM	12:14PM		12:48AM	1:07PM		1:30AM	1:39PM	12:30AM		1:04PM	1:01AM
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13AM	1:42PM		2:09AM 12:34PM		2:46PM	4:26AM		4:51PM		6:09AM	6:16PM		7:10AM	7:09PM	12:53AM	7:44AM 1:07AM	7:05PM	6:26AM		7:35PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	16	17	17	19	19	19	19	16	16	18	19	16	17	19	17	16	19	19	17	18
Low °C	16	13	14	17	15	18	18	17	16	16	15	17	17	15	15	18	16	13	18	16	15	17
Chill °C (?)	15	12	16	16	16	19	19	19	19	16	16	18	19	16	16	19	16	16	19	19	16	17
Sunrise	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:16	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	5:25	-	-	5:34	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:34	-	-	6:02	-	-	5:39
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 S	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	14	13	13	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.3 S	0.1 NW	1.1 WSW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	1.0 WSW	0.3 E	0.4 E	1.1 SSE	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 SE	1.2 E
Period (s)	18	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	12	10	11	10	10	6	11	-	7	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.6 SE	-	1.1 SE	0.9 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	6	-	7	8	-

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Mntafufu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Robberg Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape Vidal KZN North	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	1732	1684	1933	1221	4294	3191	5310	5111	3129	1745	1835	2770	1672	1369	1098	1092	1103	586
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:48PM 1.41				7:10AM 1.21				7:53PM 1.43					8:02AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)		12:37PM 0.33				1:15AM 0.54				1:26PM 0.70					2:01AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	14	16	16	19	15	14	16	15	16	16	17	17	15	15	15	17	19	19
Chill °C (?)	14	15	15	19	13	13	15	13	16	16	17	16	14	14	15	17	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	1.0 E	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.4 S	2.2 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	2.0 S	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.8 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	19	18	18	-	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.4 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	4.5 SSW	4.5 SSW	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	11	11	-	12	12	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	5

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