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Beach Road Surf Forecast
/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /
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Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 SASTForecast 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
15.9° C
(Which is 3.2°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 9PM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (20 Mar) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (20 Mar) | 8ft (2.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (20 Mar) | 7ft (2.1m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Beach Road. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1498 | 1606 | 1373 | 850 | 701 | 1150 | 1182 | 1100 | 1018 | 889 | 802 | 769 | 1538 | 1190 | 671 | 539 | 521 | 455 | 447 | 411 | 455 | 521 | 1230 | 1302 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:16PM 1.58 | 4:28AM 1.71 | 4:52PM 1.53 | 5:05AM 1.64 | 5:31PM 1.44 | 5:46AM 1.51 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:10AM -0.06 | 10:16PM 0.02 | 10:45AM -0.03 | 10:52PM 0.08 | 11:23AM 0.05 | 11:31PM 0.18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 |
| Sunset | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
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