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

	Sat		Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Sat
	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	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Big Bay Cape Town	Heaven West Coast	Yzerfontein West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	2	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 S	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	10	10	12	12	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	204	2216	4703	3991	3863	3150	2288	1074	1195	1365	1202	324	319	268	515	612	676	736	1218	1006	614	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:33PM		8:18AM		8:34PM	9:06AM		9:49PM	10:11AM		11:21PM	11:39AM 7:28PM		12:33AM	12:46PM		1:27AM	1:32PM	1:31AM		2:31PM	2:01AM
Low Tide / height (m)		1:32AM		2:39PM	2:29AM	1:39PM	3:49PM	3:39AM		5:12PM			6:23PM		6:17AM	7:16PM		7:16AM 1:42AM		9:51AM	5:46PM 1:30PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	mod. rain	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
High °C	24	19	22	22	20	22	21	20	23	24	21	27	29	22	23	24	23	22	23	20	20	23
Low °C	23	17	19	21	17	21	21	19	17	23	18	21	27	20	21	23	19	21	22	18	19	22
Chill °C (?)	24	18	22	22	20	22	21	20	23	24	21	27	29	22	23	24	23	22	23	20	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:05	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	7:07	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 S	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	0.1 NW	2.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	10	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	14	10	10	12	12	16	16	14	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 E	0.1 S	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	-	0.4 ENE	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.1 W	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.3 ESE	-	0.1 S	0.1 SE
Period (s)	7	11	-	10	8	7	-	7	15	14	14	22	21	18	11	11	11	10	7	-	10	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.5 S	1.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	2.4 SSW	2.0 S	0.9 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	-	0.5 NW	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.7 ESE
Period (s)	5	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	11	8	7	7	7	6	6	-	3	9	-	-	9

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	4	2	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 S	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	10	12	13	14	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	676	1055	204	826	1544	2216	3490	4155	4703	4447	3991	3665	4178	3863	3468	3099	3150	2143
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:34PM 1.23					8:08AM 1.20				8:28PM 1.06				9:21AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		1:37PM 0.51				1:34AM 0.48					2:38PM 0.67				2:34AM 0.54
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	20	23	20	18	17	17	19	22	22	21	19	20	19	17	21	22	21
Chill °C (?)	22	20	23	20	18	16	16	19	22	22	21	19	20	19	17	21	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 S	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	12	10	12	13	14	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.9 E	0.6 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	7	10	11	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	8	8	8	8	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 E	1.3 SSE	0.6 SSW	0.9 ESE	1.8 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	6	5	5	5	7	6	6	6	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-

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