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

	Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wed
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Siyayi KZN North	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Glen Eden Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Beach Road Cape Town	Addington (South Beach) Durban/KZN South	Beach Road Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Alkantstrand KZN North	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	3	3	2	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	2	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.1 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.5 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.8 ESE	1.5 SW	1.5 E	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 E	1.3 SW	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period(s) (?)	12	8	8	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	13	10	12	12	12	10	12	8	8	8	9	9
Energy(?)	503	506	1026	1337	747	1016	1090	538	501	510	767	405	537	593	416	550	427	1441	1133	1405	2085	1713
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	8:16PM	8:34AM		9:28PM	9:58AM	7:58PM	10:31PM	11:22AM		1:06AM	1:15PM		1:55AM			2:38AM		2:45PM		3:47PM	3:04AM	7:48PM
Low Tide / height (m)	1:59AM 2:08PM		3:11PM	3:21AM		4:53PM	4:46AM		6:47PM		6:53AM	7:38PM	2:07AM	7:54AM		8:29PM	8:41AM		10:37AM	7:21PM		10:41AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	4	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
High °C	24	24	27	23	25	30	23	27	26	25	24	26	22	20	26	25	24	26	24	24	25	24
Low °C	20	22	26	22	23	27	22	25	25	24	22	26	20	20	26	23	24	25	21	23	24	22
Chill °C (?)	24	24	27	23	25	30	23	27	26	25	24	26	22	20	26	25	24	26	24	24	25	24
Sunrise	-	5:13	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:20	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:45	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-	-	6:57	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:39	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.1 ESE	1.0 SW	2.5 ESE	2.1 E	0.4 SSW	2.5 E	1.8 E	1.7 E	1.8 ESE	1.5 SW	1.5 E	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 E	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	8	12	10	9	11	9	9	9	9	13	10	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	13	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.6 S	-	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.4 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.0 E	0.3 SSW	1.1 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSW	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	14	11	-	11	11	11	10	12	12	10	13	13	12	12	9	13	10	14	19	16	13	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.4 E	3.0 ESE	-	-	2.5 E	0.8 WSW	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	3.5 S	3.0 SSE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE
Period (s)	7	8	8	-	-	9	4	6	7	4	4	5	4	5	-	-	-	8	8	8	9	9

	Tue	Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Fri
	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	Stompneus West Coast	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Siyayi KZN North	Boneyards Cape Town	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Cintsa West Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bonza Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.5 E	2.1 E	2.1 ESE	1.1 SW	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	3.0 E	2.1 E	1.8 ESE	2.5 E	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	8	8	8	11	8	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	9	9
Energy(?)	1173	700	561	503	712	523	506	263	1026	1872	1738	1337	1157	1609	747	614	1016	1037
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- 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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			8:09PM 1.00				8:30AM 1.37				9:04PM 1.05				10:12AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)	2:08PM 0.55				2:01AM 0.60				3:08PM 0.69				3:14AM 0.91				4:40PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	27	27	22	20	20	23	24	24	26	23	23	23	22	25	25	25	27	25
Chill °C (?)	27	27	22	20	20	23	24	24	26	23	23	23	22	25	25	25	27	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 ESE	1.8 ESE	2.1 ESE	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	3.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.4 E	2.1 E	1.8 ESE	0.4 SSW	2.5 E
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	8	8	8	11	12	12	9	10	10	10	9	10	11	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.6 WNW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 S	0.5 NW	-	-	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 S	0.7 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	18	14	12	12	11	13	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.9 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.5 E	2.1 E	1.4 E	1.1 SE	3.0 ESE	3.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	-	-	3.0 E	-	0.7 W	2.5 E	3.0 ENE
Period (s)	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	-	-	10	-	4	9	9

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