Beach Road surf break

Beach Road surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 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
16.1° C
(Which is 3.6°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 9AM is: 0.6m 13s primary swell from a West-northwest direction and 0.8m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Afternoon (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s
Evening (21 Feb)2ft (0.6m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.4
WNW
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111313131313131315141414131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2281981401371161141141141149866104167136189309351376353390330361355264
Wind
(km/h)
5
E
5
NNE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
WSW
20
WSW
15
WSW
5
NW
10
NNE
15
NW
10
NNW
10
N
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
5
SW
5
W
5
W
5
NNW
5
NNW
10
WNW
20
WSW
15
WSW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglassglasscrosscrosscrossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
on
onglasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:28AM
1.62
5:48PM
1.41
6:05AM
1.53
6:30PM
1.30
6:49AM
1.40
7:21PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
0.08
11:44AM
0.10
11:48PM
0.17
12:24PM
0.19
12:28AM
0.29
1:11PM
0.31
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:26-------6:26-------6:28----
Sunset------7:31-------7:30-------7:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252220212423232121191819222121181918181821212019
Feels °C (?)262321222421222322191819212021192119202021202020
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