Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 10 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.7°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 1PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)14s
Afternoon (10 Apr)6ft (1.9m)14s
Evening (10 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


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Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141313131313131313131212121212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16261604155914721200108310831179100612661162103710861042992761748805723644589479382375
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNE
5
N
10
W
15
WSW
20
SW
15
S
15
S
15
SE
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
15
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41AM
0.95
10:21PM
0.98
10:48AM
0.98
11:40PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:12AM
0.70
3:24PM
0.63
4:51AM
0.68
5:15PM
0.57
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Mon
13
Sunrise-7:03-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset----6:30-------6:29-------6:27---
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232123212020191919192020201918181818202120181717
Feels °C (?)232123201920181819192018201818181918191918161617
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