Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.7° C
(Which is 3.4°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 4AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (23 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (23 Mar)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
4
4
4
4
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)111112121615141414141413131313131212121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4555211271137924912982341835782573148712721235124510141100953893782722636625521503493
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
10
E
0
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:46AM
1.51
6:15PM
1.32
6:33AM
1.35
7:10PM
1.18
7:37AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.18
12:04PM
0.18
12:15AM
0.31
12:54PM
0.33
1:14AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.47
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise---6:50-------6:52-------6:52----
Sunset------6:53-------6:52-------6:51-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181717172328292521202122282623201917191921202018
Feels °C (?)151515142025252219182022292522201817181719181918
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