Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am 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 1PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (13 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Evening (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)14s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
2
1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
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
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
Period(s) (?)111110101414131313131313161414141313131317161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)254187212208641725767892946987921951202319332151254626313912444147909861847277186901
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
5
ESE
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
ESE
5
WNW
10
W
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thu
16
Sunrise-7:05-------7:07-------7:07------
Sunset----6:25-------6:24-------6:23---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
light rain
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------------1---------
Temp. °C171721232120191818171919191817181817171717161615
Feels °C (?)171721212019181819171818171716161514131312131313
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