Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 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
15.7° C
(Which is 2.0°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 9PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
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4
4
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)131212121213141515161616151514141414131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)278931113563362038584607664387069300916786137563656649694164328827562118156112861103774624444
Wind
(km/h)
30
NNW
25
WNW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
ESE
10
S
10
SSW
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:11PM
1.33
6:31AM
1.30
7:15PM
1.22
7:43AM
1.15
8:41PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:56AM
0.19
12:18AM
0.33
12:52PM
0.33
1:28AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.45
3:11AM
0.53
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:13-------7:13
Sunset--6:15-------6:15-------6:14-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-11---------------------
Temp. °C171617171615151416181917151313131721212019181819
Feels °C (?)1112131413111091114151311910101418171616141416
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