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

	Fri	Saturday 29			Sunday 30			Monday 31			Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Friday 04
	Night	AM	PM	Night	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	Arniston Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Gansbaai Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Cape St Martin West Coast	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	3	2	2	2	4	3	5	6	5	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	2.5 E
Period(s) (?)	9	8	8	7	12	11	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	13	11	11	9
Energy(?)	512	310	309	245	1420	698	4126	5273	3528	3216	2171	2734	3076	2207	1553	1060	1139	1421	915	524	281	1007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:29AM	3:13PM	3:52PM	3:38AM		4:01PM	4:44AM		5:03PM		5:22AM	5:37PM		5:39AM 3:03AM	6:07PM		6:26AM	7:03PM	4:38AM	6:13PM	4:03AM
Low Tide / height (m)	9:16PM	9:45AM		9:26PM	9:56AM		10:27PM	10:58AM 9:17PM		11:10PM	11:32AM		11:44PM	11:59AM		12:12AM	12:44PM		10:34AM		1:32AM	10:41AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	19	24	24	25	17	17	17	19	22	17	20	21	18	19	20	19	20	21	21	18	21	24
Low °C	19	21	21	23	17	17	17	17	21	17	17	20	18	17	19	15	20	21	20	18	20	18
Chill °C (?)	19	24	24	25	16	16	16	19	22	16	20	21	18	19	20	18	20	21	21	18	21	24
Sunrise	-	6:26	-	-	6:52	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:07	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:51	-	-	6:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.5 E	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	9	8	8	7	12	11	16	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	13	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 S	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	-	0.1 NW	1.2 ESE	-	0.7 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.7 SW	0.8 E	0.7 E	0.7 E	0.2 WSW	-	0.2 ESE
Period (s)	11	11	10	9	16	19	-	15	6	-	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	8	10	-	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	0.3 ESE	1.4 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-	1.7 SW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	1.5 SE	2.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	8	6	6	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	9

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Arniston Overberg	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Brak River Garden Route	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Ansteys Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	Bay of Plenty Durban/KZN South	De Kelders Overberg	Gansbaai Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Hawston Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E	0.9 WSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	12	12	11	11	18
Energy(?)	568	1027	1026	512	592	592	310	318	309	261	396	245	215	268	1420	1191	698	1367
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:13PM 1.82				3:02AM 2.18				3:50PM 2.13				4:14AM 2.24				4:03PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			9:20PM -0.06				9:45AM 0.15				10:02PM 0.02				9:59AM -0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	19	19	19	24	22	21	25	24	23	23	17	17	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	19	19	19	24	22	21	25	24	23	23	16	16	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:40	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 ESE	2.3 ESE	0.8 SSW	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.5 ESE	0.3 S	1.6 ENE	1.5 E	1.4 E	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	8	8	11	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	7	7	7	6	12	20	11	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.3 S	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	9	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	9	9	8	12	16	16	19	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 E	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	1.6 ENE	2.1 ENE	-	0.3 SW	1.7 SSW	-	2.2 SW	0.3 ESE	1.9 S
Period (s)	8	8	9	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	-	2	7	-	11	8	7

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