Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Surf Forecast

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South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.17° S 18.86° E)

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Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 30 Aug 2025 SAST

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Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) sea temperature is 15.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) today?

The current surf forecast for Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) at 7AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 30). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (30 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Afternoon (30 Aug)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Evening (30 Aug)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s

Table - waves today at Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay). (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1292	1161	1101	1129	986	1063	1094	1091	1016	878	786	719	696	943	1408	1606	1606	1623	1449	1363	1140	911	750	767
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	ENE	S	SW	SSW	SSE	SSW	WSW	W	NW	WNW	SW	S	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	SE	SE	E
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)				6:47AM 1.09				7:04PM 1.14				7:35AM 0.98					8:04PM 1.03				9:24AM 0.91
Low Tide / height (m)		12:42AM 0.46				12:39PM 0.53				1:24AM 0.57				1:25PM 0.64					2:51AM 0.66				3:27PM 0.73

		Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Monday 01
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:25	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	13	16	18	16	14	14	13	13	13	15	17	16	14	13	13	12	12	16	21	22	18
Feels °C (?)	12	11	12	13	15	17	15	14	14	12	12	12	14	15	14	11	10	10	9	9	14	19	20	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) (calm at Somerset West 14 km from Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay)). 2.6m 13s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
51 minutes ago Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay)

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Actual: 51 min ago

2 km/h

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