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

	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			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	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Heaven West Coast	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Hell West Coast	Heaven West Coast	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Oyster Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	2.4 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	10	12	8	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	4703	3991	3863	3150	2288	2919	1042	1340	1024	603	367	620	515	537	763	1049	1266	1326	723	546	638	371
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:08AM		8:34PM	9:06AM		9:49PM	10:33AM		11:21PM	11:46AM		12:33AM	12:46PM 8:21AM		1:26AM	1:34PM		2:10AM		2:31PM	2:01AM
Low Tide / height (m)		2:39PM	2:29AM		3:49PM	3:40AM 1:41AM		5:08PM		5:02AM	6:23PM		6:17AM	7:16PM		7:15AM	7:59PM		9:51AM 11:14PM	5:46PM		10:04AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	risk thund- der	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	1	-	-	3	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2	-	-
High °C	22	22	21	22	22	20	21	24	20	23	27	23	22	27	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	20
Low °C	19	22	18	21	21	18	20	23	19	20	25	21	21	26	18	19	21	21	20	21	21	19
Chill °C (?)	22	22	21	22	22	20	21	24	20	23	27	23	22	27	22	21	21	22	21	21	22	20
Sunrise	5:31	-	-	5:05	-	-	4:56	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:57	-	-	7:58	-	-	7:59	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 NW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 ENE	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	11	10	12	8	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.2 E	0.4 ENE	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	-	0.6 E	-	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.1 SE
Period (s)	-	10	8	7	8	8	8	14	11	22	20	11	11	11	11	10	-	8	-	9	8	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	2.4 SSW	0.3 ENE	-	1.2 S	2.4 ENE	1.8 SE	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.6 S	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 E	0.4 ESE
Period (s)	6	-	-	5	-	-	-	11	8	-	8	8	6	6	6	10	4	-	-	5	8	4

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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	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Dolphin Point Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1438	2216	3490	4155	4703	4447	3991	3665	3566	3863	3468	3240	3150	2887	2288	2911	2919	2919
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	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)					8:08AM 1.20				8:29PM 1.13				9:21AM 1.21				9:45PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)		1:34AM 0.48					2:38PM 0.67				2:34AM 0.54				3:51PM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	19	17	17	19	22	22	22	20	20	19	18	21	22	23	21	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	19	16	16	19	22	22	22	20	20	19	18	21	22	23	21	20	19	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 S	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	0.4 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.3 ESE	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.4 E	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 E	0.3 ESE	0.2 E	0.2 E
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	10	10	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	8	11	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 SSE	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-

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