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

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sun
	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	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Big Bay Cape Town	Alkantstrand KZN North	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Van Stadens Mouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating	7	9	8	7	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.9 ESE	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	16	15	16	12	13	14	13	13	12	11	12	16	16	14	14	14	13	14	13	12
Energy(?)	2942	6651	9020	7516	2301	210	2324	1590	1769	1345	1159	923	1126	1250	1100	1441	1386	1925	2062	1828	1263	774
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)		5:03PM 1.35		5:27AM 1.60	5:44PM 1.46		5:53AM 1.47	6:12PM 1.34		6:21AM 1.33	6:46PM 1.21		6:57AM 1.19	7:49PM 1.08		7:47AM 1.02		10:05PM 1.25	11:22AM 0.99		11:40PM 1.09	12:52PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	10:56AM 0.19		11:02PM 0.29	11:37AM 0.29		11:43PM 0.39	12:04PM 0.41		12:11AM 0.52	12:37PM 0.54		12:44AM 0.61	1:28PM 0.67		1:32AM 0.71		3:14PM 0.87	4:47AM 0.91	5:02AM 0.76	5:54PM 0.81		6:51AM 0.86
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	19	22	18	19	22	21	26	23	21	23	26	20	20	21	18	19	21	18	24
Low °C	18	18	16	17	20	16	15	22	21	19	22	19	18	24	19	19	20	17	17	20	15	19
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	19	22	17	19	22	21	26	23	21	23	26	20	20	21	17	19	21	17	24
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	6:43	-	-	7:01	-	-	6:45	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:46	-	-	7:05	-	-	6:48
Sunset	-	6:17	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:42	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	1.4 SSW	4.0 SW	2.5 SSW	1.7 S	2.0 S	1.7 S	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	15	16	15	16	14	13	14	13	13	12	11	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	14	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.9 SW	1.1 ESE	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 S	0.9 S	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 S	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	1.2 ESE
Period (s)	9	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	17	16	16	10	14	13	16	14	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	-	1.5 SE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.8 S	2.2 SE	2.2 ESE	1.6 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	10	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	7	7	6	6	-

	Sunday 05							Monday 06								Tuesday 07
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Big Bay Cape Town	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	5	7	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	5	7	6	9	8	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.3 S	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	1.4 S
Period(s) (?)	11	14	15	13	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	15	13	15
Energy(?)	1684	4378	6959	4227	6651	9039	9182	9020	7998	7508	7516	6837	6573	5798	10103	7561	3777	3380	3829	1778	2007	1150
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	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
High Tide / height (m)	4:42AM 1.46					5:18PM 1.57				5:27AM 1.60				5:44PM 1.46				5:44AM 1.52				6:10PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)			10:56AM 0.19	11:12AM 0.19				11:17PM 0.28				11:23AM 0.28				11:46PM 0.30				12:05PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	18	19	18	18	17	17	16	17	19	18	18	17	19	18	15	15	18	22	24	22
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	19	18	18	16	16	15	17	19	17	18	17	18	17	14	15	18	22	24	22
Sunrise	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:34	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.5 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 S	2.4 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 S	2.1 SSW	1.4 S
Period (s)	11	14	15	13	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	13	13	13	15	13	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.6 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.7 ESE	0.7 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.2 ESE	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 ESE	1.3 SW	0.9 ESE
Period (s)	-	-	-	9	10	12	11	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	15	5	5	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 05																					Mon
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bruces Beauties Eastern Cape (S)	Alkantstrand KZN North	Big Bay Cape Town	Battery Beach Durban/KZN South
Rating	4	5	7	5	7	9	9	9	8	8	8	5	7	6	9	8	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	2.2 SSW	1.7 ESE	4.0 SW	1.8 ESE
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	16	14	14	13	13	16	16	17	13	16	13
Energy(?)	1033	2098	2346	1256	1654	2021	2304	2513	2942	3282	3793	10539	4931	5788	910	937	9652	9652	3022	1067	8220	1033
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)			4:42AM 1.47	5:02AM 1.71												5:21PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)										11:12AM 0.19												11:23PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	23	23	18	18	18	24	18	22
Chill °C (?)	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	19	19	23	23	17	17	17	24	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SSW	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.7 ESE	4.0 SW	1.8 ESE
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	16	14	14	13	13	16	16	14	13	16	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	-	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	2.2 SSW	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	10	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	-	9	10	10	11	-	-	17	11	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NE	0.5 NE	-	-	-	0.9 NE	-	0.8 NE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	5	-	4

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