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 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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 West Coast South Africa	Baboon Point West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Hell West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Doring Bay 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	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Yzerfontein West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	0	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	0	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	4	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	12	12	11	11	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	8	8	12	13	10	15	14	13
Energy	523	1753	2473	2075	1155	2227	3086	2406	1378	429	1138	1076	811	720	424	406	1013	1058	828	1406	1481	1193
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- on	cross	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	glass	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		12:20AM 1.50	1:04PM 1.40		1:15AM 1.57	1:56PM 1.49		2:08AM 1.63		2:46PM 1.63	2:59AM 1.66		3:35PM 1.60	3:50AM 1.65		4:23PM 1.62	4:39AM 1.53		5:12PM 1.61		5:31AM 1.51	6:02PM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)	6:07PM 0.42		6:51AM 0.18	7:04PM 0.31		7:43AM 0.10	7:58PM 0.23		8:31AM 0.04		8:51PM 0.16	9:19AM 0.01		9:42PM 0.13	10:08AM 0.02		10:32PM 0.12	10:55AM 0.07		11:25PM 0.17	11:43AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	4	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	16	15	13	15	14	13	14	14	13	16	14	14	19	17	17	19	19	17	20
Low °C	15	15	15	15	14	13	15	13	13	14	13	12	15	14	14	18	14	17	18	17	16	20
Chill °C (?)	14	15	14	16	15	12	15	13	13	13	13	12	15	12	12	19	17	16	19	19	16	20
Sunrise	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 S	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	10	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	10	12	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	1.3 W	1.0 W	0.8 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.2 SSW	0.1 W	-	-	0.7 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	13	10	10	10	12	12	12	8	11	-	-	13	8	13	13	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.6 S	-	1.3 S	-	-	1.3 S
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	9	-	10	-	-	7

	Thursday 11					Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sun
	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 West Coast South Africa	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Yzerfontein West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Heaven West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Heaven 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	Doring Bay West Coast	Hell West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Caravan Park/Lamberts Bay West Coast	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy	672	564	523	1141	1466	1753	2072	1105	2473	2299	2075	1655	1345	1155	1288	1571	2227	1308	3086	2834	1123	2406
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:10PM 1.37				12:20AM 1.50				1:04PM 1.38				1:15AM 1.57				1:54PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)				6:05PM 0.40				6:52AM 0.19				7:04PM 0.31				7:43AM 0.10				7:58PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	17	15	14	14	13
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	13	14	15	15	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	14	12	12	17	14	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	2.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 W	1.3 W	1.2 WSW	1.0 W	0.9 W	0.9 WSW	0.8 W
Period (s)	7	7	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	12	13	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 NNW	0.6 NW	0.9 NW	1.3 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	2	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11															Friday 12
	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 West Coast South Africa	Silwerstroom West Coast	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Vredenberg Point West Coast	Garbage Dump West Coast	Yzerfontein West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Baboon Point West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Stompneus West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast	Heaven West Coast	The Point (Elands Bay) West Coast
Rating	1	1	0	1	2	2	2	2	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1026	1114	672	661	649	564	558	529	523	1029	1040	1141	1141	591	1466	667	1070	1753	1769	1037	2072	1041
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)					12:10PM 1.37												12:21AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)											6:05PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	16	16	15	16	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	12	14	12	12	15	15	14	15	14
Sunrise	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.9 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	7	11	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.9 NW	1.2 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	0.9 NW	-	0.9 NW	0.9 NW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-