Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 24 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
14.7° C
(Which is 4.3°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 2PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Mar)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (24 Mar)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (24 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313121212121211111111111110101010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1347123511341117998900843734680595585573503372291247524540569569597585486441
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
E
5
NW
15
WSW
15
W
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
NNW
0
NW
5
NNE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
S
10
S
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:10PM
1.18
7:37AM
1.18
8:37PM
1.07
9:23AM
1.07
10:41PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
0.33
1:14AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.47
2:53AM
0.58
4:07PM
0.54
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Fri
27
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset----6:52-------6:51-------6:50---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212329252220191619192020201817171616191919181817
Feels °C (?)202329232120181618171818191818181716191818181818
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