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

	Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Sat
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Jacobs Bay West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Eastern Beach Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	2.0 ESE	2.0 E	2.2 E	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	2.2 ENE	1.9 E
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	10
Energy(?)	1081	1029	1086	1052	1037	1070	1599	1148	1298	1100	917	1480	1060	1223	674	623	617	759	540	391	531	682
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:03AM 8:20PM		12:42AM	1:12PM		1:54AM		2:06PM	2:35AM			2:21AM		2:55PM	3:28AM 10:44AM		3:10PM	3:30AM		3:41PM	3:44AM
Low Tide / height (m)		5:42PM		6:33AM	7:39PM		7:58AM 2:42AM		8:23PM	8:35AM		8:10PM	8:30AM		9:16PM	9:09AM		9:18PM	10:05AM		9:13PM	10:12AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	1	3	-	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-
High °C	27	27	26	20	22	19	21	21	20	21	19	20	22	25	21	26	23	23	24	22	24	25
Low °C	25	26	24	19	22	17	18	20	20	20	19	18	18	25	20	23	23	20	21	22	22	24
Chill °C (?)	27	27	26	20	22	18	21	21	20	21	19	19	22	25	21	26	23	23	24	22	24	25
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:46
Sunset	-	6:36	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:59	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.2 E	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 ESE	1.0 SW	2.3 ESE	1.8 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.7 E	1.9 E
Period (s)	10	10	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	12	11	9	11	9	9	9	8	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.2 WNW	1.1 E	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 E	1.0 E	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.9 SSE	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 E	0.6 SE
Period (s)	12	14	11	13	10	19	19	11	10	18	16	16	8	-	-	11	-	10	10	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 SW	0.9 S	0.5 SE	-	0.8 E	1.7 ESE	2.5 ESE	1.5 SSE	-	3.0 ESE	2.4 ESE	-	2.0 E	2.2 E	-	0.6 WSW	2.2 ENE	1.4 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	-	6	10	7	7	-	8	8	-	9	9	-	4	8	5

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	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	Mbotyi Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Baggies Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Green Point Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dolphin Point Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	De Kelders Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1060	1870	1764	1587	1081	1102	1029	1185	1185	1086	1172	1210	1052	1094	1037	1013	1094	1070
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:20PM 0.96				10:02AM 1.28					12:43AM 0.98				12:50PM 1.40				1:05AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)			2:38AM 0.76					5:42PM 0.80				6:07AM 0.66				6:54PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	24	25	27	27	26	26	25	25	19	18	20	20	22	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	25	24	24	25	27	27	26	26	25	25	19	18	20	20	22	19	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 E	2.5 E	2.4 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	2.3 E	2.3 E	2.2 E	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	9	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 SSE	0.4 SW	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.4 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.7 E	1.1 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	11	13	11	13	10	10	11	11	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	3.0 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	0.9 S
Period (s)	9	11	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	4	-	-	5

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