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

	Thursday 25			Friday 26			Saturday 27			Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	2.3 S	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 NE	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	9	16	15	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	8	18	18	18
Energy(?)	790	599	522	773	1300	1325	2035	1547	1155	1262	1016	1154	1064	840	544	503	801	1373
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:31PM	4:43AM		4:59PM		5:11AM	5:30PM		5:21AM	5:55PM		6:06AM	6:50PM	4:13PM	7:11AM		8:07PM
Low Tide / height (m)	10:22AM		10:34PM	10:53AM		11:02PM	11:22AM		11:31PM 10:26AM	11:38AM		11:57PM	12:26PM		12:59AM	1:32PM		2:37AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	24	20	20	25	19	18	25	21	19	30	24	24	22	23	24	24	23
Low °C	21	23	18	15	25	14	14	24	19	19	26	20	20	21	20	20	23	21
Chill °C (?)	23	24	20	20	25	18	18	25	21	19	30	24	24	22	23	24	24	23
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:20	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	5:22	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:07	-	-	5:49	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 ESE	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 ENE	1.3 ENE	1.1 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	14	13	12	9	16	15	16	15	14	15	9	14	14	14	8	8	18	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.8 SW	-	0.9 SW	-	-	1.0 SSE	1.0 SE	1.6 SW	1.3 E	0.9 E	1.0 E	0.5 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 ENE	0.8 E
Period (s)	7	7	7	15	-	18	-	-	8	8	14	8	8	9	14	13	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SW	2.3 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	0.8 N	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.6 WSW	2.2 NE	-	1.2 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	5	9	8	8	8	8	8	4	-	4	4	5	8	-	5	4

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	8	9	15	16	16	15	15	14	16
Energy(?)	1060	1121	790	653	599	503	581	522	511	686	773	1135	1300	1366	1441	1325	1203	2061
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	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)					4:32PM 1.86				4:43AM 1.75				4:38PM 1.37				4:45AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)			10:26AM 0.07				10:34PM 0.11				10:28AM 0.15				10:37PM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	22	23	24	23	23	22	18	21	15	20	22	25	21	17	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	17	22	23	24	23	23	22	18	21	14	20	22	25	21	16	14	14	12
Sunrise	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:18
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 SSW	0.8 E	1.9 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	8	8	9	15	16	16	15	15	14	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 E	0.9 SE	0.8 ESE	0.7 SE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.6 E	0.9 E	0.6 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 WSW	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	18	15	16	-	20	20	18	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	2.2 S	2.3 S	2.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 SSE
Period (s)	4	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	12	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8