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

	Mon		Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Mon
	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	Hell West Coast	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Ebalow Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cape St Martin West Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Alkantstrand KZN North	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.2 SE	3.5 SE	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	8	8	8	9	18	16	16	18	17	13
Energy(?)	5577	3577	3026	2474	1838	2345	1013	1197	1896	1002	1207	1127	551	943	545	1770	3716	3385	3001	1087	1081	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	on	cross- off	off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		4:43PM	4:58AM	5:18AM	5:39PM		5:56AM	6:18PM		6:27AM	7:02PM		7:28AM		8:09PM	8:53AM 5:02PM		10:46PM		8:09PM
Low Tide / height (m)	10:36AM		10:46PM	11:34AM		11:41PM	12:11PM		12:03AM 10:34AM	12:47PM		1:10AM	1:50PM		2:23AM		3:37PM				9:42AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	heavy rain	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	6	-	11	-	-	-	1	3	6
High °C	19	21	22	21	19	17	21	19	19	24	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	22	18	24	23	20
Low °C	17	21	18	20	18	16	19	18	17	16	21	21	19	22	20	20	21	20	17	24	22	19
Chill °C (?)	19	21	22	21	19	16	21	19	19	24	21	21	21	22	21	21	21	22	18	24	23	20
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:16	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	5:51	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:36	-	-	5:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 ESE	2.2 E	1.3 SSE	0.3 E	2.4 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 E	1.6 ESE	1.7 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	8	8	8	13	18	16	16	8	8	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	1.0 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.1 E	0.9 ESE	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 ESE	0.3 E	0.4 SW	0.5 E	0.5 E	1.4 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.3 E	-	1.4 SSE	-	1.3 S	1.4 S	0.5 S
Period (s)	15	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	11	8	8	11	11	12	13	-	8	-	18	17	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.9 NE	2.1 E	2.5 E	2.2 SE	3.5 SE	2.3 SE	-	-	1.9 E	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	4	8	8	8	9	8	-	-	8	-	-

	Monday 31	Tuesday 01	Wednesday 02
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Keurbooms Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4055	5678	5577	3211	3577	3241	3121	3026	1114	2357	2474	2076	1838	2426	1876	2345	2310	2173
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)						5:01PM 1.81			4:53AM 2.05					5:39PM 1.59				5:56AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			10:36AM -0.10					11:04PM -0.02				11:16AM 0.00				11:41PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	19	20	21	18	20	19	18	16	21	20	19	17	16	17	16	17
Chill °C (?)	17	16	19	20	21	18	20	19	18	15	21	20	19	16	15	17	16	17
Sunrise	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.0 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.1 W	1.1 E	0.1 W	0.9 ESE	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E
Period (s)	7	15	15	8	8	8	7	8	8	13	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	-	1.1 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SW	-	-	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	6	-	-	-

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