Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 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
14.3° C
(Which is 4.6°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 9AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
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4
2
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
1
S
1.1
S
1.2
S
Period(s) (?)98911111111111110111010101012121212121210109
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36234737795417762012178816541274990936836614499446913428414247247202188220246
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
10
NW
10
W
10
W
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ENE
10
WSW
15
SW
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10AM
1.19
12:37PM
1.20
1:04AM
1.33
1:26PM
1.30
1:44AM
1.46
2:05PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:34AM
0.43
6:51PM
0.35
7:25AM
0.29
7:34PM
0.25
8:03AM
0.18
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:56----
Sunset------6:46-------6:45-------6:44-
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C181818171919191817171616191919181817161519202118
Feels °C (?)181817161817171716171616181616151617161518181816
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