Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 15 Apr 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
16.0° C
(Which is 1.9°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 12PM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (15 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s
Evening (15 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)131313131616161615141414141313131312121211111112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2919450951525374102579408826072075925495542223614293125672103181916711476134717451491146512521342
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
WSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
WNW
10
N
20
NNE
20
N
30
N
35
NNW
15
WSW
15
NW
20
NW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglasscross-
on
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossononcross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sat
18
Sunrise-7:07-------7:07-------7:09------
Sunset----6:23-------6:22-------6:21---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
--------------------9212
Temp. °C181818171716161514141717171515141314181813131414
Feels °C (?)15151413131313131213151413121412910121111101013
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