Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 17 Apr 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
16.2° C
(Which is 1.6°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 12AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)--
Afternoon (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
2
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)111112121212111111101399910101111111212131414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)177918352229258832953028265422441654153919397655666081667201350346583608057045515628968236400
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
20
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
15
W
10
NW
25
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
20
NNW
25
N
30
N
40
N
50
NNW
50
NW
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
20
WNW
25
WNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:17PM
1.58
3:27AM
1.72
3:56PM
1.58
4:07AM
1.69
4:37PM
1.53
4:50AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
0.04
9:47AM
-0.08
9:57PM
0.05
10:27AM
-0.04
10:39PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.06
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise-----7:09-------7:11-------7:11--
Sunset6:21-------6:20-------6:19-------
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Rain (mm)
2311-1---1111223211111--
Temp. °C131415141515171717161414141416161514141414151614
Feels °C (?)8101311121312111112101087776556810109
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