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Live Surf Cam — Jeffreys Bay

Live surf cam at Jeffreys Bay
Cam courtesy Wavescape (Jeffreys Bay) · cached Thu 03 Sep 08:40 SAST
SURF RATING
FAIR
★★★☆☆
Fair — worth a paddle: chest-to-head-high waves on moderate-period swell, though onshore wind is adding chop.
WAVE
1.7 m
SWELL
1.6m @ 9s
WIND
15 km/h Onshore
WATER
15.9°C

★★★☆☆

Fair — worth a paddle: chest-to-head-high waves on moderate-period swell, though onshore wind is adding chop.

Swell: 1.6 m @ 9 s (S)

Wave height: 1.7 m

Wind: 15 km/h SE Onshore

Sea temp: 15.9 °C · Wetsuit: 4/3 mm wetsuit + booties

Best window today: 18:00–20:00 (lightest wind)

🧬 Break DNA
35% match
Today: rideable but not classic
🌊 Wave type
Point break (long right)
🧭 Best swell
SE groundswell, 11–16s
💨 Best wind
NW offshore
🏄 Board
Shortboard
📈 Skill
Intermediate–advanced
Ideal wind & swell are derived from the way this coast faces; break type is local knowledge. Match blends today’s swell angle, wind & period.

🌊 Why it’s reading like this right now

Onshore windwave direction
  • Mid-period S swell at 9s is wrapping into the bank
  • 14 km/h onshore wind is adding chop
  • Not fully aligned today — pick your moment on the timeline above.
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🏄 When to paddle out today

🏄 Reading today’s surf…
00:00 — Epic (★★★★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 6km/h Offshore01:00 — Clean (★★★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 6km/h Cross02:00 — Clean (★★★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 4km/h Cross03:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 3km/h Onshore04:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 4km/h Onshore05:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 9km/h Onshore06:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 15km/h Onshore07:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 17km/h Onshore08:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 19km/h Onshore09:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 21km/h Onshore10:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 20km/h Onshore11:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 17km/h Onshore12:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 22km/h Onshore13:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 24km/h Onshore14:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 17km/h Onshore15:00 — Fun (★★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 16km/h Onshore16:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.8m chest-head · 19km/h Onshore17:00 — Marginal (★★) · 1.7m chest-head · 13km/h Onshore18:00 — Clean (★★★★) · 1.9m chest-head · 9km/h Offshore19:00 — Marginal (★★) · 2.2m chest-head · 20km/h Onshore20:00 — Marginal (★★) · 2.4m overhead · 30km/h Onshore21:00 — Marginal (★★) · 2.5m overhead · 24km/h Onshore22:00 — Fun (★★★) · 2.7m overhead · 24km/h Onshore23:00 — Fun (★★★) · 2.9m overhead · 27km/h Onshorenow00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00
■ epic   ■ clean   ■ fun   ■ marginal   ■ flat   ■ dawn/dusk · tap an hour

🎒 Pack for this session

🏄 Board
Shortboard
🤿 Wetsuit
4/3 mm wetsuit + booties
🧴 Bring
Reef-safe sunscreen
🧢 Bring
Boots & hood
🌅Dawn window:Best quality, coolest — usually the quietest crowd
Crowd estimate is a comfort/timing proxy from conditions & day of week — not a live crowd count.
Swell & wind
NESW
■ swell in   ■ wind (green=offshore/good)   offshore zone
Spot match
Swell anglePeriodSizeWindSea state
5-day wave & wind forecast
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■ wave height (m)   ── wind (km/h, right)

7-Day Surf Forecast

DayRatingWavePeriodSwellMidday wind
Thu 3 Sep ★★☆☆☆ 1.9 m 8 s SSE 22 km/h Onshore
Fri 4 Sep ★★☆☆☆ 3.0 m 7 s SSE 25 km/h Onshore
Sat 5 Sep ★★☆☆☆ 1.8 m 8 s SSE 20 km/h Onshore
Sun 6 Sep ★★☆☆☆ 2.3 m 7 s SSE 27 km/h Onshore
Mon 7 Sep ★★★☆☆ 2.8 m 9 s ESE 11 km/h Onshore
Tue 8 Sep ★★☆☆☆ 1.7 m 8 s ESE 5 km/h Onshore
Wed 9 Sep ★☆☆☆☆ 0.9 m 7 s ESE 6 km/h Onshore

Daily peak wave height, mean swell period & direction, midday wind. Rating is our surf-quality score.

🌊 Today's tide (nearest station)

00:0006:0012:0018:0024:00H 07:03L 12:57H 19:23now

☀️ Sun & skin — out on the water all day

Sunrise 06:34 · Sunset 18:04 · Peak UV 0

Surfers & anglers get the highest UV dose of anyone. Recommended: SPF 30, reapply every 2 hours and after every session.

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Surf/wave: Open-Meteo Marine. Sun/UV/pressure: Open-Meteo. Tides: Stormglass model. Solunar is an approximate guide. Generated Thu, 03 Sep 2026 06:13 SAST.

Aerial map — Jeffreys Bay

Crayonised aerial map of Jeffreys Bay
Take-off
Rocks
Channel / paddle-out
Take-off / peakHazard rocksChannel / paddle-out

Hand-styled from NGI 0.25 m national aerial. Markers show the peak, channel & hazards — indicative local knowledge, not live conditions or navigation advice; tides, banks, rips & hazards change, so use your own eyes on the day.

About Jeffreys Bay — Surf Local Knowledge

Jeffreys Bay, or J-Bay, is a surf town on the Eastern Cape's Sunshine Coast built around one of the finest waves on earth. The coastline here bends so that long-period swell wraps and grooms into a series of right-hand points below the dune-fringed shore.

Supertubes is the jewel: a fast, hollow, world-class right-hand point break that peels for hundreds of metres over reef and rock, best on a south-west groundswell with offshore west to west-south-west winds, ideal through the winter months and often around a mid-incoming tide. It is an advanced wave and gets very crowded when it fires. Along the same point lie Kitchen Windows, Magnatubes, Boneyards, Supers, Impossibles and the Point, offering options for other abilities. Hazards include shallow rock and reef, urchins, strong currents and sharks.

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