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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
0.8m
SW(223°)
Score: 1/25
Period
18s
Long period groundswell
Score: 25/25
Wind
17km/h
SSW(194°)
Score: 1/25
Weather
16°C
0.0mm0%
Windswell Component
0.5mSSW@3s
Secondary Swell
0.2mS
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 9 km/h SSE|PM: 21 km/h SSW
9 km/h vs 21 km/h afternoon
Low tide at 8am (-1.1m)
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
1:50 am
High tide - 0.32m
8:06 am
Low tide - -1.13m
2:20 pm
High tide - 0.32m
8:19 pm
Low tide - -1.00m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
15
PoorComponents
Swell Direction23/25
Swell Size1/25
Swell Period25/25
Wind1/25
Raw Score50/100
Adjustments
🌊💨 Windswell-3
⚠️ Weak Component-10
🚫 Undersized Capmax 15
Adjusted Score37/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score15
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°
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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