Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 27 Mar 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
14.3° C
(Which is 4.6°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 11AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 2s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Afternoon (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Evening (27 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
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!
!
!
!
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4
3
1
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)1099999989101111111111111110101010131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)357263199202242244339347386901153719761788158012741086972852680499408700428414
Wind
(km/h)
10
N
10
N
15
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:23AM
1.09
12:10AM
1.19
12:37PM
1.20
1:04AM
1.33
1:26PM
1.30
1:44AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
0.56
5:51PM
0.47
6:34AM
0.43
6:51PM
0.35
7:25AM
0.29
7:34PM
0.25
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Mon
30
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset----6:47-------6:46-------6:45---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161620201918181818171919191817171716192020181716
Feels °C (?)161618171718181818161817171716171716171717161515
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