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Jeffreys Bay Surf Report
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Live Surf Cam — Jeffreys Bay
Cam courtesy Wavescape (Jeffreys Bay) · cached Wed 09 Sep 02:20 SAST
SURF RATING
FAIR
★★★☆☆
Fair — worth a paddle: waist-to-chest-high waves on short, wind-driven swell, groomed clean by light offshore wind.
WAVE
1.2 m
SWELL
1.0m @ 7s
WIND
10 km/h Offshore
WATER
16.4°C
★★★☆☆
Fair — worth a paddle: waist-to-chest-high waves on short, wind-driven swell, groomed clean by light offshore wind.
Swell: 1.0 m @ 7 s (ESE)
Wave height: 1.2 m
Wind: 10 km/h NW Offshore
Sea temp: 16.4 °C · Wetsuit: 4/3 mm wetsuit + booties
Best window today: 17:00–19:00 (lightest wind)
🧬 Break DNA
75% match
Today: a classic jeffreys bay day
🌊 Wave type
Point break (long right)
🧭 Best swell
SE groundswell, 11–16s
💨 Best wind
NW offshore
🏄 Board
Fish or groveller
📈 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
- Short, wind-driven ESE swell at 7s is wrapping into the bank
- 9 km/h offshore wind is grooming it clean
- Not fully aligned today — pick your moment on the timeline above.
🏄 When to paddle out today
🏄 Reading today’s surf…
■ epic ■ clean ■ fun ■ marginal ■ flat ■ dawn/dusk · tap an hour
🎒 Pack for this session
🏄 Board
Fish or groveller
🤿 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
■ swell in ■ wind (green=offshore/good) offshore zone
Spot match
5-day wave & wind forecast
■ wave height (m) ── wind (km/h, right)
7-Day Surf Forecast
| Day | Rating | Wave | Period | Swell | Midday wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 9 Sep | ★★★☆☆ | 1.1 m | 7 s | ESE | 15 km/h Offshore |
| Thu 10 Sep | ★★☆☆☆ | 1.2 m | 7 s | ESE | 13 km/h Cross |
| Fri 11 Sep | ★★★☆☆ | 1.4 m | 9 s | S | 7 km/h Onshore |
| Sat 12 Sep | ★★☆☆☆ | 1.6 m | 8 s | SSE | 13 km/h Onshore |
| Sun 13 Sep | ★★★☆☆ | 2.3 m | 9 s | SE | 27 km/h Onshore |
| Mon 14 Sep | ★★★☆☆ | 2.2 m | 7 s | ESE | 3 km/h Cross |
| Tue 15 Sep | ★☆☆☆☆ | 1.2 m | 7 s | E | 13 km/h Onshore |
Daily peak wave height, mean swell period & direction, midday wind. Rating is our surf-quality score.
🌊 Today's tide (nearest station)
☀️ Sun & skin — out on the water all day
Sunrise 06:26 · Sunset 18:08 · Peak UV 6
Surfers & anglers get the highest UV dose of anyone. Recommended: SPF 50, reapply every 2 hours and after every session.
Shop SPF 50 sunscreen →Surf/wave: Open-Meteo Marine. Sun/UV/pressure: Open-Meteo. Tides: Stormglass model. Solunar is an approximate guide. Generated Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:13 SAST.
Aerial map — 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.