Surf-Forecast | Cape Cross Surf Guide

Lat Long: 21.77° S 13.95° E

Issued: 1 am 05 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Cape Cross sea temperature is

17.1°C

Cape Cross surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Cape Cross Surf Guide

Cape Cross in Swakopmund is an exposed reef and point break that has pretty consitent surf. Winter is the optimum time of year for surfing here. The best wind direction is from the southeast with some shelter here from southwest winds. Groundswells are more common than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west southwest. There is no beach break and in addition, there is also a left hand point break. Unlikely to be too crowded, even when the surf is up. Beware of seals,rocks and sharks.

Cape Cross Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef and point	2	fairly consistent	17.1°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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Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
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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
Thursday, 5 November 2026, 06:00 Local Time

m, °C	Thursday 05
ft, °F	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Wave (m)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

Tides at Cape Cross

Current tide and informaton

For Cape Cross, 0 km from Cape Cross.

Next High Water: 12:50pm | 1.3m

Next Low Water: 06:44am | 0.35m

NEXT	IS AT (local time)	remaining
high tide
low tide

Cape Cross Sea Temperature

The water temperature (17.1 °C) at Cape Cross is relatively warm. If the sun does come out as forecast, it should feel warm enough to surf in a summer wetsuit. Effective air temperature of 16.0 °C.

Today, many surfers would wear a summer wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 17.1°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite