Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 30 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.6°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 12AM is: 0.6m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 30). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (31 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
0.7
S
0.8
SW
0.9
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)1010101199914101010991414141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2672579413713411811512816827329627824239339849246451169075779687410101167
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
SE
15
S
20
S
20
S
10
SSE
15
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
1.39
2:18AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
2:49AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.49
3:18AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
0.18
8:37AM
0.10
8:42PM
0.13
9:07AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.11
9:35AM
0.04
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:56-------6:58--
Sunset6:44-------6:43-------6:42-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C211818181718242220191918181822232220202021212628
Feels °C (?)181617171617232019201919192022222121212122222626
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