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Jeffreys Bay Surf Report
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Live Surf Cam — Jeffreys Bay
Cam courtesy Wavescape (Jeffreys Bay) · cached Tue 13 Oct 12:20 SAST
SURF RATING
POOR
★★☆☆☆
Marginal: waist-to-chest-high waves on short, wind-driven swell, with a little cross-shore texture.
WAVE
1.2 m
SWELL
0.9m @ 8s
WIND
12 km/h Cross-shore
WATER
16.9°C
★★☆☆☆
Marginal: waist-to-chest-high waves on short, wind-driven swell, with a little cross-shore texture.
Swell: 0.9 m @ 8 s (SSW)
Wave height: 1.2 m
Wind: 12 km/h SSW Cross-shore
Sea temp: 16.9 °C · Wetsuit: 4/3 mm wetsuit + booties
Best window today: 18:00–20:00 (lightest wind)
🧬 Break DNA
18% match
Today: off its ideal window today
🌊 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 SSW swell at 8s is hitting at an angle
- 11 km/h cross-shore wind gives some texture
- 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
☀️Midday:Warmer but often windier; moderate 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 13 Oct | ★★★☆☆ | 1.2 m | 7 s | SSW | 12 km/h Cross |
| Wed 14 Oct | ★★☆☆☆ | 1.2 m | 8 s | SSW | 15 km/h Onshore |
| Thu 15 Oct | ★★★☆☆ | 1.6 m | 10 s | SSW | 14 km/h Onshore |
| Fri 16 Oct | ★★★☆☆ | 1.4 m | 9 s | SW | 10 km/h Onshore |
| Sat 17 Oct | ★★★★☆ | 1.3 m | 8 s | SSW | 17 km/h Cross |
| Sun 18 Oct | ★★★★☆ | 1.6 m | 9 s | SSW | 21 km/h Cross |
| Mon 19 Oct | ★★★★☆ | 1.2 m | 9 s | SW | 20 km/h Cross |
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 05:39 · Sunset 18:33 · Peak UV 5
Surfers & anglers get the highest UV dose of anyone. Recommended: SPF 30+, reapply every 2 hours and after every session.
Shop SPF 30+ sunscreen →Surf/wave: Open-Meteo Marine. Sun/UV/pressure: Open-Meteo. Tides: Stormglass model. Solunar is an approximate guide. Generated Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:13 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.