Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 31 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
16.0° C
(Which is 2.6°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 4PM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (31 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
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2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)914101010991414141413131313121212121413131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11512816827327327821139339349246445155368079697110101187104319221541151814081246
Wind
(km/h)
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
SE
5
S
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
20
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
15
ESE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
SSE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglasscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:38PM
1.45
2:49AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.49
3:18AM
1.62
3:38PM
1.49
3:46AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
0.10
8:42PM
0.13
9:07AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.11
9:35AM
0.04
9:40PM
0.12
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58
Sunset--6:43-------6:42-------6:39-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------114
Temp. °C242220201918181822242220212122232529292625242321
Feels °C (?)221919201919191921222020222221232528282526252322
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