Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 12 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
17.0° C
(Which is 1.0°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 2PM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111010141413131313131316141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8136726615834374293822582541872122406417157678929469879219362200193320602031
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
0
S
5
WNW
15
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
offglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wed
15
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:07------
Sunset----6:27-------6:25-------6:24---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C181720212119181717172122211918181717191919202017
Feels °C (?)191820191918171717172220201918191917181718181816
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