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Beach Road Surf Forecast
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Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Beach Road today?
The current surf forecast for Beach Road at 2AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (19 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (19 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
| Evening (19 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Beach Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 617 | 628 | 663 | 734 | 760 | 617 | 718 | 658 | 385 | 356 | 360 | 201 | 122 | 137 | 134 | 101 | 117 | 64 | 84 | 75 | 72 | 46 | 55 | 72 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | glass | off | off | off | glass | glass | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:48AM 1.34 | 2:06PM 1.47 | 2:22AM 1.41 | 2:36PM 1.55 | 2:52AM 1.46 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:48PM 0.26 | 7:57AM 0.21 | 8:22PM 0.17 | 8:28AM 0.15 | 8:52PM 0.11 | 8:57AM 0.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - |
| Sunset | 6:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Continuing clean conditions at Beach Road (calm at Plattekloof Glen wx 20 km from Beach Road). 1.6m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.5m 10s swell from the W. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
20 km away, 59 min ago
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