Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 26 Mar 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
15.3° C
(Which is 3.6°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 8PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 15s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101010109999998891111111111101011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)450490650650569459357263199176206211280309277449107018531788155212509719011109
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
5
SE
5
NW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NW
20
W
15
WNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
NW
10
W
15
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:23AM
1.07
10:41PM
1.07
11:23AM
1.09
12:10AM
1.19
12:37PM
1.20
1:04AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:07PM
0.54
5:12AM
0.56
5:51PM
0.47
6:34AM
0.43
6:51PM
0.35
7:25AM
0.29
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise-------6:54-------6:54-------6:54
Sunset--6:50-------6:47-------6:46-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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