Extensions 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.34° S 18.46° E

Issued: 1 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Extensions sea temperature is

17.8°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Extensions today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Extensions at 8AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 31). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	11s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s
Evening (31 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	13s

Table - waves today at Extensions. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 17°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (moderate winds from the SSE on Sun morning, strong winds from the SE by Mon night).
	Saturday 31								Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	1	1	0	1	3	1	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 14	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	983	843	828	799	800	705	778	1504	1831	2284	2063	1723	1677	1626	1357	1144	1107	1013	923	913	539	396	389	347
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross	cross	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off	cross-off
High Tide			6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m				7:58AM1.19m					8:35PM1.09m				9:34AM1.18m				10:18PM1.08m
Low Tide	00:19AM0.29m				12:52PM0.42m				1:27AM0.41m					2:24PM0.51m				2:57AM0.48m				4:12PM0.49m


	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels °C	14	15	14	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	8	9
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 14	WSW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	983	843	828	799	800	705	778	1504	1831	2284	2063	1723	1677	1626	1357	1144	1107	1013	923	913	539	396	389	347
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	ESE 10	SSW 10	SW 14	W 11	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	ESE 9	W 11	W 11	W 11	W 11	SE 12	SE 12	W 18	W 18	W 10	SSW 15
kJ	82	79	75	9	67	221	510	416	105	141	103	102	71	17	38	37	37	37	6	6	6	6	17	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	ESE 10	NW 11	NW 11	ESE 9	SSW 10	NW 11	W 11	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 9	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 13	SE 13	W 18	W 18	—	—	W 16	W 16
kJ	9	9	5	5	8	65	5	2	3	3	3	3	17	—	17	16	7	7	6	6	—	—	5	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 9	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	16	13	18	31	47	73	64	42	29	25	18	70	9	6	6	6	12	12	11	26	126	224	201	195
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Long Beach Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Gansbaai Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Moonlight Bay Overberg	Moonlight Bay Overberg	The Hoek Cape Town	Moonlight Bay Overberg	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	4	2	2	3	3	2	1
Distance (km)	26	12	34	85	337	337	26	26	26	26	26	12	337	34	34	33	33	30	33	187	400	400	61	37
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Captains	Captains					Long Beach	Long Beach	Milnerton	Kamer Van	Long Beach	Olifants Bos					Strand (Pipe)	Captains	Captains					Captains
Rating (10 max)	3	3					3	3	4	4	4	4					2	4	3					3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Fish Boma Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	De Kelders Overberg	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Second Beach (Port St Johns) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Kamer Van Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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