Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 29 Mar 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
14.9° C
(Which is 3.9°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 10AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s
Afternoon (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
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4
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)111011101010101312121212121010101111999101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1274104893683661454240889742832532524720218822625511913713412011874279273
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
ENE
10
SW
15
SW
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NE
10
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscrossoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:04AM
1.33
1:26PM
1.30
1:44AM
1.46
2:05PM
1.39
2:18AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
0.29
7:34PM
0.25
8:03AM
0.18
8:10PM
0.18
8:37AM
0.10
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset------6:45-------6:44-------6:43-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171717161919201818171615192021181818171722212020
Feels °C (?)161717161816171516161615181818161818171721191920
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