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

	Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07
	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
Rating	9	10	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	5	8	7	7	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 ESE	6.0 ESE	5.5 ESE	5.5 E	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.1 ESE	2.4 E	4.0 WSW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SSW	6.0 SW	6.0 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	11	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	13	11	11	13	13	15	15
Energy(?)	7066	9719	7713	7330	3493	2211	1489	1027	1269	3098	1553	1034	3141	1363	12271	11555	5261	5156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:34PM		12:52AM	1:28PM		1:42AM		2:15PM	2:30AM		3:01PM 12:36PM	3:15AM		3:42PM	3:55AM		4:18PM	4:29AM
Low Tide / height (m)		6:30PM		7:22AM	7:25PM 6:28AM		8:08AM		8:16PM	8:53AM		8:59PM	9:31AM		9:42PM	10:10AM	6:34PM	10:14PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	heavy rain	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	1	31	1	1	-	-	11	-	-	-	6	4	2	4	-	-	-
High °C	15	17	18	21	17	15	18	13	17	20	21	15	14	16	16	21	15	14
Low °C	15	16	17	18	16	11	17	13	16	15	18	13	13	15	14	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	17	17	21	16	14	18	12	17	20	21	13	13	16	14	21	14	14
Sunrise	7:26	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:46	-	-	6:48	-	-
Sunset	-	5:28	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:17	-	-	5:16	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	5.0 ESE	0.5 S	4.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 E	2.1 ESE	2.4 E	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.8 E	0.7 E	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	10	13	11	11	10	10	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSE	1.1 W	0.8 SSE	1.2 SW	0.8 SSE	1.3 ESE	1.1 E	1.5 SSW	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SSE	-	1.3 SSE	0.5 E
Period (s)	14	11	11	11	13	8	14	14	13	11	11	10	13	19	12	-	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.5 ESE	6.0 ESE	5.5 ESE	5.5 E	1.0 W	-	-	3.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	-	1.2 NW	3.5 SW	-	6.0 SW	6.0 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	5	-	-	9	-	10	-	6	11	-	13	13	-	-

	Sunday 02	Monday 03	Tuesday 04
	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
Rating	7	8	9	10	10	9	8	7	8	7	7	8	6	6	6	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.5 ESE	6.0 ESE	6.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.5 ESE	5.5 E	5.5 E	5.5 E	5.0 E	3.5 ESE	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	11
Energy(?)	5169	6232	7066	8836	9719	7169	6316	7713	8866	7181	7330	6238	3493	3574	3141	2211	1565	1348
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				12:34PM 1.37				12:56AM 1.55				1:31PM 1.31				1:44AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		6:28AM 0.36				6:30PM 0.39				7:25AM 0.26				7:27PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	2	-	1	-	1	1	2	3	1	-	2	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	18	17	16	16	18	18	18	21	17	16	16	14	11	12	12
Chill °C (?)	13	14	15	18	17	16	16	17	17	18	21	16	15	15	13	9	10	11
Sunrise	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:17	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	5.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.0 ESE	0.5 S	5.0 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	4.5 ESE	3.5 ESE	4.0 E	3.5 E	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.3 ESE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	1.1 W	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	13	13	13	8	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.5 ESE	6.0 ESE	6.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.0 ESE	5.5 ESE	5.5 E	5.5 E	5.5 E	5.0 E	1.0 W	-	-	-	0.4 NW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	5	-	-	-	3	10