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Cape St Francis

Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Cape St Francis is where the endless summer dream began—the right-hand point break immortalized by Bruce Brown's iconic 1966 film that launched the global surf travel movement. While the wave rarely reaches the perfection of those legendary frames, when conditions align, it still delivers long, reeling walls along the rocky point with the same magic that captivated audiences worldwide. The Bruce's Beauties section on bigger swells offers the most defined waves, and the surrounding coastline is dotted with additional breaks worth exploring. This is hallowed ground for surf history.

3-Day Forecast
Thu
30
73
Good
2.4m
@18s
8km/h
Fri
1
42
Poor
3.6m
@16s
22km/h
Sat
2
52
Fair
3.7m
@14s
6km/h
+7
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Today's Conditions

Swell
2.4m
SSE(166°)
Score: 18/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 25/25
Wind
8km/h
NNE(33°)
Score: 14/25
Weather
17°C
0.0mm100%
Windswell Component
0.1mNE@1s
Secondary Swell
0.6mSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 6 km/h NE|PM: 11 km/h ENE
Lighter winds early (6 km/h)
Tide at 8am (-1.0m)

Location & Conditions

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Tide Times

2:20 am
High tide - 0.43m
8:37 am
Low tide - -1.04m
2:39 pm
High tide - 0.36m
8:40 pm
Low tide - -0.97m
Times shown in spot-local time.

Strike Score Breakdown

73
Good
Components
Swell Direction16/25
Swell Size18/25
Swell Period25/25
Wind14/25
Raw Score73/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score73

Spot Details

Swell Requirements

Optimal direction
S (180°)
Direction range
150° - 210°
Size range
0.8m - 2.5m
Ideal size
2.0m
Height multiplier
0.97×
Ideal period
14s+

Wind Requirements

Optimal direction
WNW (300°)
Offshore range
260° - 340°

Tide Requirements

Optimal tide
mid
Optimal range
0.5m - 1.8m

Water temp

17°C

Wetsuit

3/2mm fullsuit

Difficulty

5/10

Crowd level

3/10

Access: Beach access from town.

Best Season

Peak: Apr-Sep

Secondary: Mar, Oct

Autumn-Winter. Indian Ocean swells.

Getting There

Airport
PLZ
Drive time
90 min
Data quality
verified

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