Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 25 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
14.2° C
(Which is 4.8°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: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (25 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)12121211111111111111101010101010109999999
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)605595518492379479291247247238459490580569569507357263199202197244381416
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
20
N
20
NNW
25
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
0
WNW
5
NW
0
N
5
NNE
10
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
NNE
5
N
5
NNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:37AM
1.18
8:37PM
1.07
9:23AM
1.07
10:41PM
1.07
11:23AM
1.09
12:10AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:07PM
0.47
2:53AM
0.58
4:07PM
0.54
5:12AM
0.56
5:51PM
0.47
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:52-------6:52-------6:54------
Sunset----6:51-------6:50-------6:47---
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181921202018171716161920191818171717201919181818
Feels °C (?)151719171919181817161819181819181817191617181818
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