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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Wed	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31
	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	Noordhoek Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Lookout Beach Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Kosi Bay KZN North
Rating	3	2	4	3	2	3	3	0	3	2	0	3	1	1	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SE	1.3 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 E	1.6 SW	2.3 S	1.6 SE	2.2 S	0.9 SW	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SE	0.6 WSW	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.3 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.1 WSW	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	7	9	12	12	9	12	8	6	7	10	6	7	7	9	8	9	10	9	9	8	10	9
Energy(?)	933	450	368	663	380	1032	1067	332	782	171	194	336	164	91	1362	2537	963	488	436	491	244	602
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		6:43AM 1.45	6:47PM 1.33		7:11AM 1.61	7:34PM 1.42		8:23AM 1.65		8:27PM 1.41	9:20AM 1.42		9:55PM 1.16	10:15AM 1.30		11:15PM 1.20	12:07PM 1.53		12:23AM 1.36	1:11PM 1.58		1:24AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	12:23AM 0.21	12:48PM 0.38		1:01AM 0.32	1:34PM 0.65		1:25AM 0.38		2:27PM 0.57	2:42AM 0.50		3:38PM 0.42	3:45AM 0.51		5:22PM 0.45		5:27AM 0.57	6:39PM 0.40		6:47AM 0.45	7:43PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	24	23	20	24	21	19	21	22	23	23	27	24	24	26	22	23	22	20	23	24	23
Low °C	19	22	20	19	23	21	18	19	21	18	19	25	20	21	24	20	21	22	20	22	24	22
Chill °C (?)	18	24	23	20	24	21	18	21	22	23	23	27	24	24	26	22	23	22	20	23	24	23
Sunrise	-	4:50	-	-	4:52	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:09	-	-	4:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:59	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 E	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 E	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 SW	2.5 ESE	2.3 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.9 E	1.1 WSW	1.9 E
Period (s)	11	9	12	12	9	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	8	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	1.2 E	0.9 S	0.6 SSE	0.3 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.4 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.1 S	0.2 WSW	0.3 NE
Period (s)	14	10	13	7	9	7	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	6	14	9	9	12	12	12	15	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SE	1.3 S	1.7 S	-	-	1.3 ESE	2.3 S	1.6 SE	2.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SE	0.6 N	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	-	0.7 SW	1.3 W	2.3 ENE	1.4 S	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	-	-	9	8	6	7	6	6	7	7	4	8	9	-	4	5	8	5	-

	Wednesday 24			Thursday 25								Friday 26								Saturday 27
	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	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.0 SE	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	2.5 S	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 E	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	11	12	7	9	9	9	9	8	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	513	597	530	642	578	565	768	464	406	388	505	1145	1009	733	725	887	429	868	667	540	718	629
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass
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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:09PM 1.44				6:24AM 1.63				6:47PM 1.62				7:06AM 1.35				7:33PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)				12:23AM 0.25				12:52PM 0.61				12:38AM 0.34				1:23PM 0.42				1:43AM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	22	18	20	21	23	23	22	21	18	18	21	19	21	23	19	18	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	22	18	20	21	23	23	22	21	17	18	21	19	21	23	19	18	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.4 E	1.5 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 E	1.3 E	1.3 E	1.4 E	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 E	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	12	12	9	9	9	9	10	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	11	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	1.0 S	1.1 S	0.3 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 S	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 E	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SE	0.2 WNW	0.6 E	1.0 E	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	7	8	10	14	13	13	8	8	7	9	16	16	16	7	16	10	7	15	9	9	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.2 S	-	1.6 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.0 SE	-	1.0 S	-	-	2.5 S	2.1 S	1.2 S	-	1.4 S	1.0 S	1.2 ESE	-	1.2 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	-	6	8	7	7	-	7	-	-	8	8	6	-	7	8	9	-	6	-	-

	Wednesday 24									Thursday 25
	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	Mpande Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Coffee Bay Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Stompneus West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.1 SW	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.4 E	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.9 ESE	1.4 E	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	8	8	7	10	10	10	10	9	9	11	8	9	10	11	9	9	10	12
Energy(?)	445	515	487	460	1005	967	1218	545	705	712	597	997	1041	745	580	735	535	664	225	1268	876	579
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)																	6:40AM 1.69
Low Tide / height (m)											12:23AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	23	20	20	19	23	23	23	21	18	18	18	18	18	22	20	19	22	24	18
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	23	19	20	18	23	23	23	21	18	18	18	17	18	22	20	19	22	24	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:50	7:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 E	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.6 E	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	1.6 E	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.4 E	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	13	13	8	8	9	10	8	9	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 S	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 E	1.1 SW	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	10	7	-	13	13	13	10	13	13	10	11	11	11	10	12	10	11	13	11	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	1.7 S	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	3.0 SE	1.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.1 S	2.3 S	2.3 S	1.5 SSE	0.9 E	-	1.4 S	1.2 ESE	-	1.9 ESE	1.4 E	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	6	8	8	7	6	6	6	6	9	9	8	5	-	6	6	-	9	10	-

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