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

12 Day Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 05 Nov 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 17.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

Best Forecast Surf Conditions for Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) this week:

The surf forecast for Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) over the next 12 days: The first swell (rated 1 star or higher) is forecast to arrive on Monday (Nov 10) at 5AM. The primary swell is predicted to be 0.9m and 15s period. The wind is predicted to be glassy as the swell arrives.

The most powerful waves expected at Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) in the next 12 days are 1.1m 15s and forecast to arrive on Tuesday (Nov 11) at 5PM. Winds are predicted to be cross-offshore at the time the swell arrives. The largest open ocean swell (not directed at the beach) is 2.2m 6s period and expected on Wednesday (Nov 05) at 5PM.

Wave Type	Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height & Period
Next good surf (1 star+)	5AM (Mon 10th Nov)	3ft (0.9m) 15s
Best Surf	5AM (Mon 10th Nov)	3ft (0.9m) 15s
Most Powerful	5PM (Tue 11th Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m) 15s

Table - best surf conditions forecast for Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) over the next 12 days.

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	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Wed afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Fri morning).									Days 3-6 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SE on Sat afternoon, calm by Sun night).
	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	18	16	15	14	13	13	16	13	13	18	16	15	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	237	198	200	132	79	58	58	38	49	124	217	288	257	245	425	309	234	209	367	499	341
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	E	SSE	SE	E	SE	SSE	NNW	W	WNW	NNW	S	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		2:48PM 1.77	3:17AM 1.62		3:31PM 1.74	4:00AM 1.60		4:15PM 1.66	4:44AM 1.53		5:02PM 1.53		5:32AM 1.43	5:52PM 1.37		6:28AM 1.32	6:52PM 1.21		7:37AM 1.22		8:11PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)	8:37AM 0.03		9:09PM -0.10	9:20AM 0.02		9:51PM -0.06	10:04AM 0.07		10:33PM 0.03	10:51AM 0.15		11:19PM 0.15	11:43AM 0.28		12:09AM 0.29	12:45PM 0.41		1:12AM 0.42		2:10PM 0.52	2:35AM 0.51

	Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
Temp. °C	23	24	19	21	24	18	26	31	22	29	29	22	28	30	25	26	27	20	18	18	16
Feels °C (?)	19	18	14	16	17	11	23	27	18	27	25	18	27	29	26	24	25	19	17	14	11

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