Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 03 Apr 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.7°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: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (03 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
2
1
3
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)131312121212121211111111101010101112141616161615
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1387122697680573666160344048843142338232230432234112562095454277128627889982207019
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
15
SW
15
SW
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
WSW
5
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
S
15
SSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrossoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:46AM
1.59
4:07PM
1.47
4:14AM
1.54
4:35PM
1.42
4:42AM
1.46
5:03PM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:03AM
0.06
10:08PM
0.16
10:29AM
0.11
10:35PM
0.22
10:56AM
0.19
11:03PM
0.30
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Mon
06
Sunrise-6:58-------7:00-------7:00------
Sunset----6:38-------6:37-------6:36---
rain showers
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191920212020191818171919191817171717191918181717
Feels °C (?)202022211921201919181818181717171515161514151314
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