Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 31 Jan 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
14.4° C
(Which is 5.6°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 8AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 31). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (31 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)19s
Evening (31 Jan)7ft (2.2m)17s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
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4
4
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.9
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)111110101010181716161615141414131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)377338355270245315817214041074834479143203261309425262094187617501136992678614341407
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
S
0
ESE
15
WSW
20
SW
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
5
SE
10
SW
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:15AM
1.40
2:29PM
1.48
2:59AM
1.52
3:13PM
1.53
3:39AM
1.61
3:52PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03PM
0.17
8:25AM
0.22
8:48PM
0.08
9:10AM
0.12
9:27PM
0.02
9:51AM
0.07
Saturday
31
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---6:05-------6:07-------6:07----
Sunset------7:52-------7:51-------7:50-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020212425222019191920232423212020192020232220
Feels °C (?)212021212222191818202122232220202021212221222019
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