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Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 27 Jan 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
13.3° C
 (Which is 6.6°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 6AM is: 2.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 27). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (27 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (27 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121313131313131313131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)147414941565165917311966245724972617253525352535238221212121212121542654231320461855167915721150
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
WSW
0
SW
5
SW
15
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSW
25
SW
20
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:05PM
1.07
9:35AM
1.23
10:45PM
1.06
11:12AM
1.22
12:17AM
1.14
12:35PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:57AM
0.51
4:22PM
0.44
4:43AM
0.54
5:59PM
0.39
6:22AM
0.47
7:10PM
0.28
Tuesday
27
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Sunrise---6:01-------6:03-------6:03----
Sunset------7:53-------7:53-------7:52-
clear
clear
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. °C191918192122222019181819212221191817171824242723
Feels °C (?)212121202019191717171717181816141415161723202523
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