Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 SAST
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Beach Road surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Beach Road sea temperature is
13.7° C
(Which is 5.8°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Beach Road today?

The current surf forecast for Beach Road at 8PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Beach Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
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!
!
!
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0
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2
S
1.3
WSW
1.8
SSE
Period(s) (?)111212121212121212121211111111111110101099128
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27423135324128312602216918771448122911621154160521742285217414391304134514081375840623468408
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
0
NNW
5
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
30
S
40
S
35
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
ononononcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10PM
1.31
6:37AM
1.44
6:53PM
1.20
7:19AM
1.34
7:40PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:13PM
0.24
12:16AM
0.23
12:57PM
0.32
12:54AM
0.34
1:43PM
0.42
1:35AM
0.46
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-------5:43-------5:45-------5:46
Sunset---8:00-------8:00-------8:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222322191817161820202120191918192223232219171619
Feels °C (?)191918171718151717171920191816161818161715141416
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