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			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	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Doring Bay West Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Danger Reef Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Danger Reef Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	4	5	5	5	6	8	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	7	12	16	14	14	12	12	16	13	13	13	11	10	9	10	11	11	13	14	14
Energy(?)	1666	1294	131	802	1933	1550	2425	727	821	2768	1903	1244	1440	557	298	590	1477	2160	2846	2766	6156	9896
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	cross	on	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:32PM 1.54	3:24AM 1.77		2:59PM 1.54	3:43AM 1.67		3:53PM 1.67	3:49AM 1.43		4:19PM 1.62	4:38AM 1.82		4:23PM 1.40	4:51AM 1.55		4:53PM 1.56		5:17AM 1.23	5:24PM 1.22		6:03AM 1.24	6:11PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)		9:19PM 0.11	9:23AM 0.25		9:38PM 0.09	9:41AM 0.17		9:42PM 0.11	9:50AM 0.25		10:35PM 0.28	10:15AM 0.52		10:36PM 0.45	10:43AM 0.59		11:05PM 0.31	11:15AM 0.43		11:47PM 0.60	12:02PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	20	23	17	23	27	17	21	19	16	19	19	17	16	15	14	16	17	13	15	20
Low °C	18	20	18	21	16	22	26	16	19	17	15	17	19	15	15	14	13	13	16	11	14	19
Chill °C (?)	20	22	20	23	15	23	27	16	21	19	15	19	19	17	14	13	12	15	16	12	13	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:11	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:50	-
Sunset	6:45	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:38	-	-	7:04	-	-	6:39	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:43
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	0.7 SE	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	5.0 SW
Period (s)	14	13	7	12	16	14	14	12	12	16	13	13	13	11	10	18	10	11	11	13	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 SSE	-	0.2 WSW	0.8 E	-	-	0.3 E	0.4 E	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	-	-
Period (s)	10	5	9	20	12	7	-	20	7	-	-	10	10	11	-	11	-	11	11	11	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 ESE	-	0.8 ENE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	0.4 S	1.6 E	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	1.2 NNW	-
Period (s)	6	-	9	6	7	5	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	11	10	9	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Monday 20					Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bog Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2032	701	309	1192	1357	1185	1346	1013	1060	1134	78	1195	1216	1815	2249	1924	1541	1326	1120	1088	2120	1585
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:09PM 1.99				3:19AM 1.55				3:34PM 2.02				3:29AM 1.67				3:27PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	8:28AM 0.20				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	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	19	19	22	15	15	14	16	29	19	19	18	20	17	17	20	19	19	25	20	24	23
Chill °C (?)	22	19	19	22	14	15	14	15	29	19	19	17	20	17	17	20	19	19	25	20	24	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SE	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	0.5 S	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	6	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.9 SE	0.7 S	-	0.1 SE	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	1.3 S	-	0.1 E	0.4 E	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SE	-	-	1.1 ESE	1.5 E	1.3 E
Period (s)	-	6	10	-	11	6	5	7	-	9	8	18	17	12	7	7	6	-	-	6	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.2 ESE	1.2 E	0.8 ENE	1.6 SSE	-	0.6 E	0.9 ENE	2.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SE	1.2 SE	-	0.9 SE	0.8 S	-	1.9 ENE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	6	6	5	6	-	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	-	6	4	-	7	-

	Monday 20															Tuesday 21
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bog Bay KZN North	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Doring Bay West Coast	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2288	619	390	1902	3076	1957	2226	1594	1558	2087	353	1304	1150	1203	1133	1144	802	1271	878	843	1346	1327
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)																			2:54AM 1.44	3:18AM 1.92
Low Tide / height (m)	8:28AM 0.20												8:51PM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	19	24	20	20	18	22	21	17	19	21	21	17	16	15	15	14	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	18	18	19	24	20	20	17	22	21	16	19	21	21	16	14	13	13	11	14	15	14	14
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	0.9 SSW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	14	7	7	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.8 S	-	1.4 SW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 ESE	0.7 E	0.7 E
Period (s)	7	15	10	-	16	9	9	-	-	8	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	1.2 ESE	1.2 ESE	0.9 ESE	1.3 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 E	-	1.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.5 S	-	0.8 ENE	0.8 ENE
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	5	5	4	7	5	4	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	-	5	5

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