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. Read More

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South Africa Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02			Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tue
	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	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Alkantstrand KZN North	Kosi Bay KZN North	Feldskoen and Mazeppa Bays Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Lwandile Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Doughnuts Backreef Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Amanzimtoti Durban/KZN South	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route
Rating	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	2.1 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	8	9	8	18	16	16	15	16	13	13	14	14
Energy(?)	2903	3057	2490	2040	1057	1445	1047	1514	1144	590	514	1230	1384	4336	3559	3393	2088	1194	1018	1002	1127	1064
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (ft)		5:39PM		5:38AM	6:18PM		6:26AM	7:02PM		7:24AM NaN		8:09PM	8:53AM		10:23PM	11:47AM		12:20AM			12:56AM
Low Tide / height (ft)	11:34AM		11:20PM NaN	11:58AM		12:12AM	12:47PM		1:07AM	1:45PM		2:23AM		3:03PM		5:33AM NaN	6:14PM		9:42AM NaN			9:01AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1	-	-	0.1	-	-	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °F	68	64	63	68	70	66	68	72	73	73	70	66	72	72	73	72	75	72	72	72	66	73
Low °F	68	64	61	63	70	63	68	72	70	72	70	64	68	70	66	68	73	72	64	68	66	66
Chill °F (?)	68	63	61	68	70	66	68	72	73	73	70	66	72	72	73	72	75	72	72	72	66	73
Sunrise	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:45
Sunset	-	6:42	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:15	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 S	1.7 S	2.1 S	1.8 S	1.3 S	0.9 SSW	2.5 ESE	3.0 ESE	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.8 E	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	13	13	14	13	13	13	11	9	9	18	16	16	15	8	13	13	14	14
Swell2 (ft) & direction	1.1 E	0.1 NW	0.6 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.6 E	0.9 ESE	0.4 E	1.2 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WSW	1.1 SSE	-	1.7 ESE	1.5 SSW	1.5 ESE	1.2 ESE	1.1 E	1.4 ESE
Period (s)	8	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	15	11	11	12	7	-	8	16	8	8	8	9
Wind waves (ft) & direction	1.3 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE	0.7 ENE	-	-	2.1 E	3.0 ESE	3.0 E	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 E	1.9 ESE	2.0 E	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	-	-	-	-	5	8	-	-	8	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 01								Wednesday 02								Thu
	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	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Arniston Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Albatross Eastern Cape (S)	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Barbel Point Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Fence (Port Elizabeth) Eastern Cape (S)
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (ft) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	13
Energy(?)	3121	2880	1114	2357	2903	3267	3057	2390	2381	2490	2452	2313	2040	1110	1057	1536	1471	1445
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (ft)			4:53AM 6.73					5:39PM 5.22				5:56AM 5.41				6:18PM 4.72
Low Tide / height (ft)		11:04PM -0.07				11:16AM 0.03				11:41PM 0.36				12:09PM 0.52				12:15AM 1.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (in)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °F	70	68	64	63	68	64	64	63	63	61	61	63	68	70	70	66	64	64
Chill °F (?)	70	68	64	63	68	63	63	61	63	61	61	63	68	70	70	66	64	64
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-
Swell1 (ft) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	13
Swell2 (ft) & direction	1.6 ESE	1.6 ESE	0.9 ESE	0.4 ESE	1.1 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 E	0.6 E	0.6 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.4 E	0.5 E	0.5 E	0.3 E	1.0 S	0.3 E
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	14	8
Wind waves (ft) & direction	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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