West Coast South Africa Surf

West Coast South Africa Surf Forecast

Detailed West Coast 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 West Coast 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 West Coast South Africa. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in West Coast South Africa over the next 7 days. Surf photos from West Coast South Africa and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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West Coast South Africa Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the West Coast South Africa Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the West Coast South Africa coastline are also listed below.

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West Coast South Africa Wavefinder

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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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 West Coast South Africa	Cape St Martin West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Silwerstroom West Coast	Silwerstroom West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	15	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy	420	212	382	517	238	210	728	1402	1516	2137	1113	2002	1369	901	798	673	1788	1743	1160	1484	1367	1013
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:57AM 1.32	6:34PM 1.31		6:44AM 1.26	7:23PM 1.35		7:39AM 1.22		8:17PM 1.29	8:48AM 1.19		9:18PM 1.31	9:58AM 1.15		10:21PM 1.35	11:05AM 1.16		11:22PM 1.49	12:08PM 1.25		12:20AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	11:54PM 0.46	12:04PM 0.39		12:39AM 0.48	12:47PM 0.45		1:33AM 0.52	1:35PM 0.50		2:36AM 0.52		2:40PM 0.50	3:46AM 0.47		3:50PM 0.51	4:54AM 0.39		4:58PM 0.45		5:55AM 0.27	6:05PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-
High °C	15	16	16	14	15	16	14	18	19	20	15	16	16	16	20	19	16	17	15	15	14	14
Low °C	12	13	15	13	15	15	14	16	18	16	14	15	14	15	17	19	15	16	14	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	15	16	13	15	16	14	18	19	20	15	16	15	16	20	19	16	17	15	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.4 SW	1.8 WSW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW
Period (s)	7	11	10	13	13	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 S	-	-	0.2 SSE	1.0 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 W	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	16	15	7	-	-	10	13	9	13	13	-	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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 West Coast South Africa	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hell West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Doring Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	11	7	8	11	11	11	11	11	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13
Energy	214	635	501	420	353	321	212	305	382	413	211	517	504	246	238	325	210	587	641	728	838	1281
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	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
High Tide / height (m)		5:51PM 1.33				5:57AM 1.26				6:34PM 1.31				6:44AM 1.26				7:20PM 1.25				7:35AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)				11:54PM 0.46				12:03PM 0.40				12:39AM 0.48				12:48PM 0.42				1:33AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	14	13	12	13	16	18	16	15	15	13	13	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	17	14	12	12	10	12	15	18	16	14	14	12	12	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45
Sunset	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	7	7	7	11	11	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 S	0.5 S	-	-	0.4 S	-	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 SSE	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	7	15	14	10	7	7	-	-	7	-	10	10	10	14	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	1.8 S	1.5 S	-	-	-	-	0.2 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	7	8	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 04									Friday 05
	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 West Coast South Africa	Baboon Point West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Yzerfontein West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hell West Coast	Hell West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast
Rating	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s)	11	11	11	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	11	11
Energy	230	195	214	744	701	635	606	560	501	501	675	420	379	504	353	332	365	321	319	358	212	202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:51PM 1.33												5:57AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)										11:54PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	15	15	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	10	11	10	11	12	12	13	13	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.8 S	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	5	5	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-