Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 13 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
15.5° C
(Which is 2.5°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 2AM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Afternoon (14 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Evening (14 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)14s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
4
2
2
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)141413131313131316141414131413131716161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6417257678929469879219512023193323132546269542954509479098618472771872075925495542813752
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
0
ESE
5
NW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
SW
15
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
offglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
ononcrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:07-------7:07--
Sunset6:25-------6:24-------6:23-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------1-------------
Temp. °C212019181817191919181718181717181716161515141718
Feels °C (?)201918191917181818171516151414141313131313131615
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