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Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
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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
15.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)How big are the waves at Beach Road today?
The current surf forecast for Beach Road at 8PM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 24). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (24 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (24 May) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 13s |
| Evening (24 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Beach Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sun afternoon, min 14°C on Wed morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 24 | Monday 25 | Tuesday 26 | Wed 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | SW 18 | |
590 | 651 | 711 | 1398 | 1661 | 1990 | 2323 | 2554 | 2764 | 2816 | 2591 | 2265 | 2146 | 1891 | 1700 | 1458 | 1299 | 1201 | 1237 | 1032 | 1752 | 1803 | 1939 | 2019 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | cross-off | glassy | cross-on | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | cross | cross | cross-off | glassy | glassy | glassy | glassy | |
High Tide | 10:20AM1.08m | 10:47PM1.27m | 11:29AM1.11m | 11:43PM1.30m | 12:24PM1.16m | 00:30AM1.33m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 4:22PM0.48m | 5:26AM0.40m | 5:28PM0.47m | 6:20AM0.35m | 6:22PM0.44m | 7:02AM0.29m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:37 | — | |
— | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | — | — | 5:46 | |
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Temp °C | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 |
590 | 651 | 711 | 1398 | 1661 | 1990 | 2323 | 2554 | 2764 | 2816 | 2591 | 2265 | 2146 | 1891 | 1700 | 1458 | 1299 | 1201 | 1237 | 1032 | 1752 | 1803 | 1939 | 1752 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | WSW 16 | SW 16 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 10 | SSE 10 | — | — | — | — | — | SW 17 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 22 | — | SW 20 | SW 18 |
219 | 181 | 376 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | 349 | 503 | 19 | — | 404 | 2019 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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