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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
1.1m
WSW(242°)
Score: 1/25
Period
14s
Long period groundswell
Score: 6/25
Wind
9km/h
SW(215°)
Score: 11/25
Weather
18°C
0.0mm2%
Windswell Component
0.2mSSW@1s
Secondary Swell
0.1mNNE
Forecast Confidence
100%
Sources: open-meteo-marine, open-meteo-weather
Best Session
morning
AM: 5 km/h SSE|PM: 16 km/h WSW
5 km/h vs 16 km/h afternoon
Low tide at 7am (-1.0m)
Location & Conditions
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Tide Times
1:12 am
High tide - 0.43m
7:33 am
Low tide - -0.99m
1:40 pm
High tide - 0.39m
7:42 pm
Low tide - -0.95m
Times shown in spot-local time.
Strike Score Breakdown
15
PoorComponents
Swell Direction14/25
Swell Size1/25
Swell Period6/25
Wind11/25
Raw Score32/100
Adjustments
⚠️ Weak Component-5
📉 Undersized Swell-10
🚫 Undersized Capmax 15
Adjusted Score17/100
Confidence
Multiplier×1.00
Final Score15
👥 Autumn Break
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
👥 Autumn Break (Mar 28 – Apr 7) — expect extra crowds
Access: Beach/paddle
Getting There
Airport
CPTDrive time
210 minData quality
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