Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 06 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
16.0° C
(Which is 2.4°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 8AM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
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3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
S
2
S
1.6
SSW
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)161514141414141313131313131313131312121213131311
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)82206604580957616163580850934304372831362773167414081512146513769011020870898851653539501
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
SW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
1.36
5:33PM
1.25
5:40AM
1.25
6:06PM
1.15
6:14AM
1.14
6:51PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:03PM
0.30
11:23AM
0.28
11:31PM
0.39
11:53AM
0.39
12:03AM
0.50
12:30PM
0.49
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Sunrise---7:01-------7:01-------7:03----
Sunset------6:35-------6:34-------6:31-
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817171919181716161515202324212221212127262421
Feels °C (?)151515161514131313141313182020192019191925232119
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