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Queens Surf Guide

Queens in Cape Peninsula is an exposed reef break that has quite consistent surf, although summer tends to be mostly flat. Offshore winds are from the southeast. Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the best swell direction is from the southwest. A left hand reef break. Best around high tide. When it's working here, it can get crowded. Take care of rocks in the line up.

Queens Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef	2	fairly consistent	14.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Queens:

The best conditions reported for surf at Queens occur when a Southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Southeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

What's the best time of year to surf Queens (for consistent clean waves)?

marchBest Season: summer

The best time of year for surfing Queens with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Summer and most often the month of March. Clean surfable waves are typically found 73% of the time in March while 21% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 6% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

73%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

21%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Queens Location Map

Interactive Queens surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail. The nearest passenger airport to Queens is Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in South Africa, which is 21 km (13 miles) away (directly). The second closest airport to Queens is Oudtshoorn Airport (DUH), also in South Africa, 354 km (220 miles) away.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Queens Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 9 June 2026, 17:20 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 09			Wed
ft, °F	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	glass

Tides at Queens

Current tide and informaton

For Cape Town, South Africa, 4 km from Queens.

Next High Water: 10:24pm | 1.53m

Next Low Water: 05:04am | 0.59m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Queens Sea Temperature

The water temperature (14.8 °C) at Queens is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (16.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 14.8°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite