🇿🇦 EASTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA

Jeffrey's Bay

The world's most perfect point break

SMALL

Live Conditions

Conditions Summary

Good 7ft waves — but short 8s period indicates wind swell, expect choppy conditions — swell direction is wrong for this spot, expect poor shape — 12mph onshore wind roughing up the surface

LOW CONFIDENCEModel-only forecast, no buoy nearby

Why it's SMALL

Swell Direction

Primary swell is 126° — wrong angle. This spot needs 225° swells to break properly.

Swell Period

8s — short-period swell. Waves will have less power than a true groundswell.

Wind

12mph onshore — will chop up the surface and ruin wave shape

Season

July is peak season for this spot

Data Confidence

Model-only forecast, no buoy nearby

At the Break

6.7ft

LOW CONFIDENCE

Model-only forecast, no buoy nearby

Period

Mid-period

Wind

12mph

ONSHORE

Water

63°F

3/2 wetsuit

Swell Direction

15%

Wind Direction

Primary Swell

4.9ft @ 6.0s

SE 126°

Secondary Swell

3.2ft @ 10.2s

SSW 201°

9 Day Outlook

6.6ft

TODAY

Jul 29

(9s)

5.2ft

TMRW

Jul 30

(9s)

5.8ft

FRI

Jul 31

(9s)

5.7ft

SAT

Aug 1

(8s)

5.8ft

SUN

Aug 2

(9s)

5.8ft

MON

Aug 3

(10s)

4.6ft

TUE

Aug 4

(10s)

4.9ft

WED

Aug 5

(11s)

5.2ft

THU

Aug 6

(11s)

Best this week: today — 6.6ft

Best next week: THU Aug 6 — 5.2ft

Incoming Swell Events

Today

moderate

Swell building to 6.6ft @ 9s

Model Breakdown

ECMWF (45%)7.0ft

ICON (35%)6.2ft

GFS (20%)No data

Model confidence65%

Updated every 30 mins · Open-Meteo ECMWF + ICON + GFS

About

J-Bay is one of the seven wonders of the surfing world. The right-hand point break at Supertubes runs for up to 800m on a good swell, perfectly walling and sectioning through Kitchen Windows, Supertubes, and Impossibles. It's the venue for the WSL Championship Tour and the gold standard for long, fast, hollow right-handers.

The Break

Supertubes — the main event, a long warping right that barrels through multiple sections.

Ideal Conditions

6-8ft SW groundswell, light NW offshores, incoming tide

Best Months

Jan

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Best months highlighted · Current: Jul

Trip Planner

J-Bay Long Weekend

Weekend · 3 Days

Friday

Fly into Port Elizabeth (PLZ), 1hr drive to J-Bay. Check into a beachfront guesthouse. Walk Supertubes and scope the swell.

Saturday

Dawn patrol at Supertubes. Surf all day if conditions hold. Tuck Inn Lodge braai in the evening.

Sunday

Morning surf, drive back to Port Elizabeth, fly home.

South Africa Surf Safari

Full Week · 7 Days

Day 1

Arrive Port Elizabeth, drive to J-Bay, settle in.

Day 2

Full day Supertubes if swell is firing. Longboard at Point on smaller days.

Day 3

Explore Boneyards and Kitchen Windows — different parts of the break have different characters.

Day 4

Day trip to Cape St. Francis — the perfect point Endless Summer was written about.

Day 5

Back to J-Bay. Drifters for lunch, afternoon surf sess.

Day 6

Drive the Garden Route, stop at Victoria Bay — a gem of a right-hander.

Day 7

Fly home from Port Elizabeth.

Local Knowledge

The WSL contest runs in July — the town fills up but the waves are usually at their best.

Sharks are present at J-Bay — surf with awareness, dawn and dusk are higher-risk times.

The right is so long you'll be exhausted walking back up the point — pace yourself.

Winter (June-August) is peak surf season — cold water but spectacular waves.

Cape Town is 6 hours west by road — worth adding to the trip for culture and city life.