Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

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 18 Oct 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 16.3° 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 3AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 18). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (18 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Evening (18 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	14s

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

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		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
	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)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	4	4	3	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	14	15	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	615	524	582	270	226	256	666	1122	1976	4501	4931	4592	3951	2986	2441	2151	1982	1551	1288	961	834	672	589	437
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	SE	SSE	SE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:26AM 1.31				1:37PM 1.47				1:58AM 1.38					2:06PM 1.53				2:27AM 1.43				2:34PM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)				7:30AM 0.28				7:58PM 0.19				8:00AM 0.23					8:25PM 0.13				8:28AM 0.19

		Saturday 18								Sunday 19								Monday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	15	16	17	16	14	13	13	13	15	21	22	23	16	13	13	12	15	23	25	23	18
Feels °C (?)	16	14	12	13	13	14	12	11	9	9	9	11	16	15	16	11	8	8	7	12	20	20	17	14

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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)). 1.8m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 20s long period groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 9 minutes ago Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay)

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Clean

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