Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 15 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
17.7° 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 6AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212111111101013131212121212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3843252642152331941801732224024665175361084518414414414414393379619571571
Wind
(km/h)
15
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
SW
20
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
10
E
15
E
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:20AM
1.21
1:27PM
1.24
1:50AM
1.36
2:01PM
1.36
2:20AM
1.50
2:34PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
0.43
7:41PM
0.30
8:03AM
0.29
8:10PM
0.19
8:33AM
0.15
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:45-------6:45-------6:46----
Sunset------7:04-------7:02-------7:01-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C242221232830312524242422232423202020202128232623
Feels °C (?)232221232728292424242422222120181921202226232624
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