Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 05 Apr 2026 SAST
Forecast 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
15.7° C
(Which is 2.7°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 4AM is: 2.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (05 Apr)13ft (4.0m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s

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


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Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.8
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
S
Period(s) (?)101011131415161616151414141414131313131313141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2726941684280249437905932890148220660458095530591858085093450939203499294019012117170515191538
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
10
SSW
15
S
10
S
15
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:42AM
1.46
5:03PM
1.35
5:10AM
1.36
5:33PM
1.25
5:40AM
1.25
6:06PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:35PM
0.22
10:56AM
0.19
11:03PM
0.30
11:23AM
0.28
11:31PM
0.39
11:53AM
0.39
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise---7:00-------7:01-------7:01----
Sunset------6:36-------6:35-------6:34-
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817171919181818171717191918171615151519232423
Feels °C (?)181814151614131415141415151413111212131316192021
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