Cape Cross Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Swakopmund, Namibia)

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Cape Cross Surf Guide

Cape Cross in Swakopmund is an exposed reef and point break that has quite reliable surf. Winter is the favoured time of year for surfing here. Works best in offshore winds from the southeast with some shelter here from southwest winds. Tends to receive distant groundswells and the best swell direction is from the west southwest. No beach break here and also offers a left hand point break too. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Watch out for seals,rocks and sharks.

Cape Cross Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef and point	2	fairly consistent	15.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Cape Cross:

The best conditions reported for surf at Cape Cross occur when a West-southwest swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the Southeast.

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Explore Cape Cross Location Map

Interactive Cape Cross surf break location map. View information about nearby surf breaks, their wave consistency and rating compared to other spots in the region. Current swell conditions from local buoys are shown along with live wind speed and direction from nearby weather stations. Click icons on the map for more detail.

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Please note that some surf spot locations are approximate to protect their exact location while others are not shown at close zoom level.

Cape Cross Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Tuesday, 5 May 2026, 10:50 Local Time

m, °C	Tuesday 05
ft, °F	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Wave (m)	SW	SW	SW	SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

Cape Cross Sea Temperature

The water temperature (15.9 °C) at Cape Cross is quite cool. If the sun shines as we have forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a good spring wetsuit. Effective windchill factor of (15.0 °C) will make the air and water feel about the same temperature.

Today, many surfers would wear a spring wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 15.9°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite