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West Coast South Africa · South Africa

Thursday, Sep 24

Where to surf

Elands Bay7:00 AM–9:00 AM GMT+2

Looks good · Low confidence

2.3–2.4 ft · Offshore waves · not face height

Wind: 3.9 kt · direction unavailable

Other places to check
  • Yzerfontein · 9:00 AM–11:00 AM GMT+2 · Looks good
    3.9–3.9 ft · Offshore waves · not face height · 5.0 kt onshore
Why this spot?
  • Light wind should keep the water smoother.

West Coast South Africa spots

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West Coast South Africa

2 spots
West Coast South Africa surf forecast
SpotBreaking surfOutlookBest windowWindTideHourly timeline
Elands BayWSW offshore model swell · 2.3 ft @ 8s
UnavailableLooks goodLow confidence7:00 AM–9:00 AMSSE 3.4 ktoffshoreUnavailableunavailable
YzerfonteinSSW offshore model swell · 3.6 ft @ 6s
UnavailableLooks goodLow confidence9:00 AM–11:00 AMNNE 3.2 ktcross-shoreUnavailableunavailable

West Coast South Africa

2 spots

Elands Bay

Unavailable

Offshore swell: WSW 2.3 ft @ 8s

Looks goodLow confidenceWhen to go7:00 AM–9:00 AM
WindSSE 3.4 ktoffshoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable5.9Unavailable
UUnavailable5.7Unavailable
UUnavailable4.9Unavailable
UUnavailable2.8Unavailable
UUnavailable2.1Unavailable
UUnavailable2.5Unavailable
UUnavailable2.3Unavailable
UUnavailable2.6Unavailable
UUnavailable3.4Unavailable
UUnavailable3.9Unavailable
UUnavailable5.1Unavailable
UUnavailable7.4Unavailable
UUnavailable9.2Unavailable
UUnavailable9.5Unavailable
UUnavailable9.5Unavailable
UUnavailable8.8Unavailable
UUnavailable7.4Unavailable
UUnavailable5.4Unavailable
UUnavailable4.3Unavailable
UUnavailable3.6Unavailable
UUnavailable4.7Unavailable
UUnavailable5Unavailable
UUnavailable3.6Unavailable
UUnavailable3Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Yzerfontein

Unavailable

Offshore swell: SSW 3.6 ft @ 6s

Looks goodLow confidenceWhen to go9:00 AM–11:00 AM
WindNNE 3.2 ktcross-shoreTideUnavailableunavailable
Hourly timeline
UUnavailable5.9Unavailable
UUnavailable7.4Unavailable
UUnavailable7.1Unavailable
UUnavailable7.4Unavailable
UUnavailable6.3Unavailable
UUnavailable4.8Unavailable
UUnavailable3.3Unavailable
UUnavailable4.1Unavailable
UUnavailable3.2Unavailable
UUnavailable1.5Unavailable
UUnavailable3.2Unavailable
UUnavailable5Unavailable
UUnavailable5.7Unavailable
UUnavailable6.7Unavailable
UUnavailable7.7Unavailable
UUnavailable7.5Unavailable
UUnavailable7.5Unavailable
UUnavailable6.6Unavailable
UUnavailable5.5Unavailable
UUnavailable4.7Unavailable
UUnavailable3.2Unavailable
UUnavailable4.3Unavailable
UUnavailable5Unavailable
UUnavailable4.3Unavailable
Open hourly forecast

Seven-day outlook

DaySurfBest periodWhereWind
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 2–10.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 1.5–9.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–16 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 5–12 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 7–18.5 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 0.5–13 kt varying direction
UnavailableRanking unavailableRegional modelWind 3.5–9.5 kt varying direction
Forecast sources 2/6 current

Coastal waves, offshore swell, and surf height describe different conditions. Source availability does not measure forecast accuracy.

Report or official forecast

South African Weather Service Marine Portal

No SAWS PNG passed exact page/image identity, 73-frame contract, PNG type/size, 30-hour update, plotted-domain, resolved-spot, and market-membership validation. Elands Bay is north of the live Saldanha map bounds (32.4°S–33.55°S) and is not assigned; only resolved Yzerfontein lies inside the plotted domain.
UnavailableNo source time

Wave observation

CSIR WaveNet South Africa

CSIR WaveNet live west-coast pages expose plots as regenerated PNG images rather than reusable numeric observations. Cape Point, Table Bay, Saldanha Bay, and Muizenberg pages were reachable, but no value is OCR-scraped or relabeled as station data.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

South African Navy Hydrographic Office Tides

SANHO publishes live monthly Cape Town, Simon's Town, and Saldanha PDF tide tables with station-specific chart-datum information, but the official page states that the tables may not be reproduced without written permission; predictions are withheld.
UnavailableNo source time

Tide prediction

WorldTides API

No separate tide response passed station identity, coordinates, distance, chart datum, timezone, units, prediction timestamps, and reuse validation; SANHO PDFs are not substituted under a third-party label.
UnavailableNo source time