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Elands Bay
West Coast, South Africa
Elands Bay is the jewel of South Africa's remote West Coast—a long, barreling left-hand point break that fires when big SW swells wrap around the Cape. The drive from Cape Town is long (3+ hours), and the conditions need to be just right, but when it's on, Elands offers 150+ meter rides through hollow, sand-bottomed perfection. The setting is stark and beautiful: dry West Coast fynbos, cold Atlantic water, and not a soul around. Classic South African adventure surfing.
3-Day Forecast
Today's Conditions
Swell
1.2m
WSW(237°)
Score: 2/25
Period
14s
Long period groundswell
Score: 6/25
Wind
5km/h
SW(216°)
Score: 18/25
Weather
22°C
0.0mm9%
Windswell Component
0.1mSSW@1s
Secondary Swell
0.3mSSW
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
12:46 am
High tide - 0.24m
7:05 am
Low tide - -0.66m
1:02 pm
High tide - 0.26m
7:11 pm
Low tide - -0.71m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
29
PoorComponents
Swell Direction17/25
Swell Size2/25
Swell Period6/25
Wind18/25
Raw Score43/100
Adjustments
⚠️ Weak Component-5
📉 Undersized Swell-9
🚫 Undersized Capmax 30
Adjusted Score29/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score29
Location & Conditions
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Spot Details
Swell Requirements
- Optimal direction
- SW (225°)
- Direction range
- 200° - 260°
- Size range
- 2.4m - 4.9m
- Ideal size
- 4.2m
- Height multiplier
- 0.97×
- Ideal period
- 15s+
Wind Requirements
- Optimal direction
- E (90°)
- Offshore range
- 45° - 135°
- Best window
- morning
Tide Requirements
- Optimal tide
- low to mid
Difficulty
6/10
Crowd level
3/10
Access: Beach/paddle
Getting There
Airport
CPTDrive time
210 minData quality
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