Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 01 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 2.8°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 7PM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 01). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)14s
Afternoon (01 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)14s
Evening (01 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
4
4
2
1
!
!
!
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2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131212121214131313131212121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)393492464451690680796110010771187104319221659151813871149976805736603603488589627
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
5
NW
20
NE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
S
10
E
15
ENE
10
N
15
WNW
15
NW
15
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
WNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:09PM
1.49
3:18AM
1.62
3:38PM
1.49
3:46AM
1.59
4:07PM
1.47
4:14AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:07AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.11
9:35AM
0.04
9:40PM
0.12
10:03AM
0.06
10:08PM
0.16
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunrise-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00
Sunset--6:42-------6:39-------6:38-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------4421--------
Temp. °C222422202020212425252324202020202120191818181717
Feels °C (?)212220192022202525232124212021212120181818181717
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