Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 02 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
15.8° C
(Which is 2.8°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 11PM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)7ft (2.2m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
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3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
1
2
3
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)121413131313121212121212111111111010101012111415
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1112192216591518138711499768057366036034404884314233823223043284251208168435506909
Wind
(km/h)
5
WSW
5
S
10
SSW
5
SSW
0
SE
10
WSW
10
W
10
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSW
5
SW
5
WSW
5
WNW
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
S
5
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
1.49
3:46AM
1.59
4:07PM
1.47
4:14AM
1.54
4:35PM
1.42
4:42AM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
0.12
10:03AM
0.06
10:08PM
0.16
10:29AM
0.11
10:35PM
0.22
10:56AM
0.19
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-----6:58-------7:00-------7:00--
Sunset6:39-------6:38-------6:37-------
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---41-1-----------------
Temp. °C232321181918181919191818171719191918171717171919
Feels °C (?)232321202119192019201919181819181817171715141615
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