Kitchen Windows surf forecast
Jeffreys Bay · Eastern Cape · South Africa
Today at Kitchen Windows: waves 0.7–1.1 m, waist to chest around 15:00 (9 s swell), cross-offshore wind. Fair for intermediate surfers, poor–fair for beginners, poor for advanced. Updated 21 Oct, 15:51 UTC.
Kitchen Windows surf forecast, next 7 days
The best daylight hour of each day, rated for each level. No day rates Good for intermediate surfers this week.
| Day | Best | Waves | Wind | Beg. | Int. | Adv. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 15:00 | 0.7–1.1 m | cross-offshore | Poor–Fair | Fair | Poor |
| Thu 22 | 09:00 | 0.6–1 m | offshore | Fair | Poor–Fair | Poor |
| Fri 23 | 09:00 | 0.8–1.2 m | cross-offshore | Fair | Fair | Poor |
| Sat 24 | 06:00 | 0.6–1 m | offshore | Fair | Poor–Fair | Poor |
| Sun 25 | 06:00 | 0.3–0.5 m | cross-offshore | Poor | Poor | Poor |
| Mon 26 | 18:00 | 0.3–0.5 m | onshore | Poor | Poor | Poor |
| Tue 27 | 06:00 | 0.3–0.5 m | onshore | Poor | Poor | Poor |
Model forecast updated 21 Oct, 15:51 UTC. Hour by hour with swell direction, tide and webcams: open the live forecast.
Off the town's main beach, south of the Supertubes point and in front of the Kitchen Windows beach restaurant, a rock reef mixed with sand breaks both ways. It picks up south to southeast swells that miss the point, with west to northwest wind offshore, and winter waves run about twice the summer size. Beginners should use the sandy main beach next door on small days, away from the rocks.
- Break
- reef break, peaks both ways; faces E
- Level
- intermediate
- Best swell
- SE, S, SW
- Best wind
- WNW, W, NW (offshore)
- Best tide
- mid tide
- Season
- May-August
- Typical size
- 0.8-2.5 m
- Crowd
- medium
- Hazards
- Rocks and mussel shells; Rips; Sharks; Some localism
More surf spots nearby: surf spots in Jeffreys Bay.
Nearby spots
- Magna Tubes, Jeffreys Bay
- Boneyards, Jeffreys Bay
- Supertubes, Jeffreys Bay
- The Point, Jeffreys Bay
- Albatross, Jeffreys Bay
- Hullet's Reef, Cape St Francis
Questions
Is Kitchen Windows good for beginners?
It is best for intermediate surfers (rocks and mussel shells; rips).
What swell, wind and tide work best at Kitchen Windows?
SE, S, SW swell, WNW, W, NW wind (offshore), at mid tide. Typical size 0.8-2.5 m.
Live swell, wind, tide, a 14-day outlook, satellite pictures and webcams for Kitchen Windows are in the Surf Spoting app.