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

	Thursday 09			Friday 10			Saturday 11			Sunday 12			Monday 13			Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thu
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Loch Ness (Noordhoek) Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	5	7	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	15	14	13	12	12	14	13	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1152	1163	770	1580	1211	1206	1047	1324	738	612	658	353	423	787	982	966	1510	4182	2474	9355	6133	4352
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			8:06PM 1.26	8:38AM 0.95		10:05PM 1.25	10:47AM 1.21		11:36PM 1.35	12:07PM 1.32		1:03AM 1.39			1:07AM 1.62			1:44AM 1.75			2:43AM 1.89
Low Tide / height (m)	1:26PM 0.59		2:24AM 0.94		3:24PM 0.63	4:47AM 0.91		5:06PM 0.83		6:03AM 0.78							7:32PM 0.50		8:02AM 0.35		8:30PM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	23	25	23	21	20	19	20	21	20	19	18	21	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	17
Low °C	23	27	22	22	22	19	19	19	18	18	20	17	17	21	18	18	19	17	17	17	16	16
Chill °C (?)	25	27	23	25	23	21	20	19	20	21	20	19	18	21	19	19	19	17	17	16	15	17
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	7:03	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:50	-	-	7:09
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:29	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	14	13	12	12	14	13	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.7 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.1 SW
Period (s)	17	16	16	10	10	9	15	14	14	13	12	12	15	11	19	18	16	20	18	-	6	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 E	-	-	-	-	0.3 E	0.5 S	-	0.4 SW	-	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSE	1.3 SE	-
Period (s)	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	6	3	-	5	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	-

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	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1046	1066	1076	1287	1410	1476	1518	1969	1894	1761	1484	1375	1211	1096	1192	1110	1205	1134	1119	1027	1159	1008
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)		7:01AM 1.03					8:06PM 1.26				8:09AM 1.00				10:05PM 1.25				10:47AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)				1:26PM 0.59					2:24AM 0.94				3:24PM 0.63				4:47AM 0.91					5:18PM 0.60
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	23	26	25	25	25	25	23	22	22	31	27	21	21	20	21	19	19	20	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	23	23	26	25	25	25	25	23	22	22	31	27	21	21	20	21	19	19	20	19	19	18
Sunrise	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	16	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.4 ESE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	17	17	16	11	12	11	10	10	10	5	10	9	9	9	16	15	15	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	4

	Thursday 09																					Fri
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Cape St Martin West Coast
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15
Energy(?)	999	986	889	1039	1077	963	972	1076	1076	1094	806	692	1147	1101	1163	1163	1476	1476	1452	1800	935	1474
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)						7:01AM 1.30													8:06PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)												1:28PM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	22	23	23	24	25	26	27	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	22	23	23	24	25	26	27	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	25	25	25	24	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11	11	16	16	16	15	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	17	17	11	11	17	16	16	16	11	11	11	11	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 E	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-

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