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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Wildside Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Buffalo Bay Garden Route
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	5	6	7	5	9	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	16	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	13	13	12	12	13	13	16	16	15
Energy(?)	1076	1216	1864	1280	1295	1120	1046	1349	738	665	760	319	435	725	770	1621	1720	6688	4281	8695	8823	4811
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross	off	on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:44PM 1.01	8:09PM 0.97	8:38AM 0.95		10:20PM 0.98	10:47AM 1.21		11:36PM 1.35	12:07PM 1.32		12:28AM 1.48						1:44AM 1.75		2:09PM 1.69	2:20AM 1.86
Low Tide / height (m)	1:26PM 0.59		2:10AM 0.70		3:14PM 0.87	4:49AM 0.68		5:06PM 0.83		6:03AM 0.78	6:09PM 0.73			7:21PM 0.38					8:02AM 0.35		8:09PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	26	28	26	33	23	22	21	20	20	21	22	18	20	23	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	22
Low °C	23	27	24	25	21	19	20	20	18	19	21	17	17	22	18	18	19	16	17	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	26	28	26	33	23	22	21	20	20	21	22	18	20	23	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	22
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:47	-	-	6:48	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	6:50	-	-	6:50
Sunset	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	12	11	15	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	13	13	12	12	13	13	16	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 S	1.0 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.3 S	0.5 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.3 W	0.7 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.3 E	-	-	-
Period (s)	17	16	10	10	10	9	15	14	14	13	12	7	15	6	19	16	16	15	7	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-	0.4 ENE	0.5 S	-	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	10	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 09								Friday 10								Saturday 11
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
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 (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 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
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1084	1026	1046	1066	1076	1287	1216	1476	1518	1969	1894	1769	1608	1380	1472	1096	1096	1206	1205	1227	1088	1516
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	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	high
High Tide / height (m)				7:01AM 1.03					8:06PM 1.26				8:35AM 0.96				10:21PM 0.98				10:47AM 1.21	11:22AM 1.00
Low Tide / height (m)		12:46AM 0.61				1:26PM 0.59					2:24AM 0.94				3:22PM 0.70				4:47AM 0.91
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	26	27	23	23	26	26	27	25	25	24	22	21	26	28	27	21	22	21	19	19	21	20
Chill °C (?)	26	27	23	23	26	26	27	25	25	24	22	21	26	28	27	21	22	21	19	19	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	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	2.0 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
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.6 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	17	17	16	11	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	16	16	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	0.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ENE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10

	Wednesday 08			Thursday 09
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Boneyards Eastern Cape (S)
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 (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	17	17	16	16	11
Energy(?)	1092	1157	1084	991	920	993	928	930	889	966	965	963	1002	761	891	983	1080	1176	1145	1282	1104	723
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass
High Tide / height (m)												7:01AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)					12:52AM 0.86													1:26PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	27	26	25	26	24	25	25	24	23	23	23	25	27	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	24
Chill °C (?)	25	27	26	25	26	24	25	25	24	23	23	23	25	27	29	29	29	28	28	27	26	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.7 S	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	17	17	17	16	16	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Cape Town	Garden Route	West Coast South Africa
Durban KwaZulu Natal	KwaZulu Natal North Coast	Wild Coast
Eastern Cape South	Overberg

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