Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 24 Feb 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 3.9°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 9AM is: 1.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 24). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
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!
!
!
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.2
SW
1.7
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121214141313131312121212121111111113121213121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3032355815864444314243573302362361971611231163416761863165616562039183018051769
Wind
(km/h)
5
WNW
10
NW
10
N
10
NNE
15
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
15
N
20
NNW
25
WNW
20
WNW
10
NW
5
N
5
NNW
5
WSW
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
onglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:46AM
1.25
8:38PM
1.05
9:17AM
1.13
10:39PM
1.02
11:17AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:18AM
0.42
2:17PM
0.44
2:37AM
0.56
4:07PM
0.52
4:53AM
0.59
6:02PM
0.46
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise---6:28-------6:30-------6:31----
Sunset------7:29-------7:27-------7:25-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
rain showers
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------11----
Temp. °C191817192222211919181819212120181817171818192018
Feels °C (?)211917192019191919181818201918192018181716161714
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