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Southbroom, South Africa

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Southbroom beach, KZN
Southbroom, the nearest town. Photo: Pitipaci, CC0, Wikimedia Commons

About Southbroom

Facing, offshore wind, exposure, level and swell range are estimated. Facts: verified, surf details estimated.

The spot faces SE (124°), so it takes swell from the SE. The wind blows offshore from the NW (304°). It is exposed to the open swell. It suits intermediate surfers and up. It works in 2–8 ft of swell. The sea floor shelves gently: 10 m deep about 550 m out (1 in 56). On a typical 5 ft, 11 s swell the waves here would spill softly. The sea is about 22°C in July, its coldest month (2 mm shorty), and 27°C in February, its warmest (no wetsuit). The town to stay in is Southbroom, 0.3 km away (about 5 min by car). Within 5 km we also list 4 surf spots.

Water about 22°C: 2 mm shorty. Typical sea temperature for the time of year, not a forecast.

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From Chicago: about 30 h 55 door to door, one way. An estimate; the journey never changes the score.

  1. Fly. Chicago Midway International Airport (MDW) to MGH, changing at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and O.R. Tambo International Airport (JNB).

    See flights MDW → MGH · Skyscanner from about £800 returnAd

  2. Getting there. 25 min from the airport to Southbroom.

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  3. Accommodation.

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    Typical prices for a double room that month, not a quote. Drives are estimates.

  4. Hire and lessons.

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Where it is

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Forecast

The score for intermediates, coloured as on the area pages:GoodFairPoorToo bigToo small

DayScoreSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct345 ft8 smushy297kJ23°C
Mon 19Oct254 ft10 ssoft318kJ22°C
Tue 20Oct09 ft8 smushy851kJ20°C
Wed 21Oct574 ft8 ssoft187kJ23°C
Thu 22Oct07 ft9 ssoft677kJ21°C
Fri 23Oct85 ft9 ssoft389kJ21°C
Sat 24Oct144 ft9 ssoft244kJ22°C
Sun 25Oct244 ft6 smushy89kJ23°C
Mon 26Oct303 ft9 smushy98kJ22°C
Tue 27Oct202 ft9 ssoft87kJ22°C

Day scores here are the conditions out of 80; a trip's score on the results is the same conditions out of 100. The journey never scores. The forecast reaches about 10 days. Energy is the swell's power in kJ per metre of wave, from its height and interval: it grows with the square of each, so a long-period swell hits far harder than a short one the same size. The word under the swell is the wave's shape, our estimate from the sea floor. Wind is in knots: 10 kn is about 19 km/h. The arrow points where the wind blows to; offshore wind, blowing from the land out to sea, is green and says so.

Your trip, day by day

6 nights from Mon 19 Oct, leaving from Chicago, for intermediate surfers. Change dates

  1. Mon 19 Oct
    Travel out

    Fly MDW to MGH, changing at ATL and JNB, then 25 min by road. About 30h 55 door to door

  2. Tue 20 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  3. Wed 21 Oct
    Surf Southbroom

    Best 14:00 to 17:00 local time: 4 ft at 8 s, wind 4 kn (8 km/h).

  4. Thu 22 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 0 of 80.

  5. Fri 23 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 30 of 80.

  6. Sat 24 Oct
    Rest day

    Nothing worth paddling out for: the best window scores 31 of 80.

  7. Sun 25 Oct
    Travel home

    Fly MDW to MGH, changing at ATL and JNB, then 25 min by road. About 30h 55 door to door

The plan picks the best of 4 spots near Southbroom each day: Palm Beach, Southbroom, Southbroom - Sea Village, Trafalgar.

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Rough cost

About £1,125–£2,230 each for 6 nights, 2 people sharing a room. A guide from typical prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book.

WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn MDW to MGH, estimated from distance and season, changing at ATL and JNB, full-service airlines, with a hold bag£800–£1,665
To the UK airportparking or the train, there and back£35–£65
Taxiairport and back, shared£15–£25
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, shared£110–£185
Food7 days eating out£115–£210
Board and wetsuit5 days, or about £85 to fly your own£50–£80
Total£1,125–£2,230

Prices from public sources, checked in 2026: where they come from. Lessons, lift-pass deals and insurance are extra.

Places to eat near Southbroom

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits

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