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

	Sat		Sunday 05			Monday 06			Tuesday 07			Wednesday 08			Thursday 09			Fri
	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
Rating	4	4	4	5	6	6	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	14	14
Energy(?)	866	911	672	1043	7235	6039	6484	4010	2561	1415	1010	1703	2506	1003	3334	4399	5140	3866
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:53AM	1:26PM		1:38AM 12:38PM		2:11PM	2:28AM		2:51PM	3:02AM		3:36PM	3:41AM		4:11PM	4:28AM 1:00AM
Low Tide / height (m)	7:14PM		7:19AM	7:27PM		8:08AM		8:17PM	8:44AM		8:54PM 6:41PM	9:23AM		9:33PM	10:01AM		10:17PM	10:40AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	16	18	21	16	16	16	17	22	18	17	16	16	15	15	17	17	17
Low °C	17	14	14	19	15	14	16	15	17	17	16	16	16	14	15	16	16	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	17	21	15	14	14	17	22	18	17	16	16	15	15	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:28
Sunset	6:05	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:55	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:55	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.4 SE	4.0 WSW	4.5 W	3.5 WSW	3.0 SW	2.2 W	1.9 W	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 ENE	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	12	11	12	11	-	-	16	8	13	13	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	1.7 WSW	2.4 WSW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.4 ENE	-	-	-	-	0.5 SE	-	-	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	3	11	10	14	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	3

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	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
Rating	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 S	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	2.1 W	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	5.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	506	1031	866	1087	629	911	561	643	672	1184	1043	1500	3388	7235	10380	5022	6039	5347
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:37PM 1.31				1:00AM 1.77				1:28PM 1.67				1:40AM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)				6:40PM 0.26				7:26AM 0.33				7:27PM 0.17					8:08AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	29	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	18	18	19	16	13	15	15	16	16	18
Chill °C (?)	29	17	17	15	15	13	14	11	17	18	18	15	11	14	14	15	14	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 ENE	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	1.8 W	1.6 W	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.3 SSE	2.0 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 SW	3.0 WSW	0.4 SE	4.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	17	14	11	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.7 W	0.4 S	0.5 SSE	0.7 W	0.3 SSE	-	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.4 E	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.3 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	11	13	12	7	12	-	11	11	8	12	12	-	11	11	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 ENE	1.8 W	-	2.1 W	-	0.4 NNW	-	0.6 N	1.7 WSW	2.5 W	2.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.8 NNW	4.5 WSW	5.0 W	0.8 N	-	-
Period (s)	7	12	-	11	-	3	-	3	11	10	10	10	4	14	14	6	-	-