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Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 15 Jan 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
14.9° C
 (Which is 4.8°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 10AM is: 3.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)10s
Afternoon (15 Jan)10ft (3.0m)9s
Evening (15 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
1
2
!
!
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.6
S
1
SSW
1.9
S
0.9
WSW
0.8
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121110981111111010101010101010101091010101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2502252916351377940143912893002725302046971681221641641812353143575897538821489
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
20
S
30
S
35
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:28PM
1.21
2:07AM
1.21
2:09PM
1.29
2:42AM
1.30
2:45PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:30AM
0.51
7:57PM
0.35
8:11AM
0.43
8:33PM
0.27
8:46AM
0.35
9:04PM
0.19
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sun
18
Sunrise-5:50-------5:50-------5:52------
Sunset----7:59-------7:59-------7:59---
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. °C171719212220171616182020191717171718192020201918
Feels °C (?)101114151615131414171715131314141517161716181817
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