Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 30 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
16.1° 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 11AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SSW
0.9
SW
1
S
1.1
S
1.3
S
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1210121010101111999141010109914141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)32524720218822629994137134118112128168273296278266398398492464511690609
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
NE
10
WNW
15
W
15
SW
5
S
5
SSW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SE
15
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
oncross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
1.39
2:18AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
2:49AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
0.18
8:10PM
0.18
8:37AM
0.10
8:42PM
0.13
9:07AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.11
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thu
02
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:56------
Sunset----6:44-------6:43-------6:42---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171620222118181818182421191818181818222321201920
Feels °C (?)171619201815171718172219181918191919212119191921
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