Inner Kom Surf Forecast and Surf Reports

(Cape Town, South Africa)

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Inner Kom Surf Guide

Inner Kom in Cape Peninsula is a reasonably exposed reef and point break that has pretty consitent surf. Winter is the best time of year for surfing here. Offshore winds are from the east southeast. Able to handle light onshore wind Groundswells more frequent than windswells and the ideal swell direction is from the west. There is a left hand reef break and there is a left hand point break as well. A fairly popluar wave that can sometimes get crowded Beware of sharks,kelp, rips, urchins.

Inner Kom Spot Info

Type:	Rating:	Reliability:	Todays Sea Temp*:
Reef and point	2	fairly consistent	17.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite

Surfing Inner Kom:

The best conditions reported for surf at Inner Kom occur when a West swell combines with an offshore wind direction from the East-southeast.

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What's the best time of year to surf Inner Kom (for consistent clean waves)?

januaryBest Season: summer

The best time of year for surfing Inner Kom with consistent clean waves (rideable swell with light / offshore winds) is during Summer and most often the month of January. Clean surfable waves are typically found 51% of the time in January while 30% of the time it tends to be blown out. For the remaining 19% of the time it is considered too small by most surfers but may still be OK for beginners and groms at times.

clean

51%

Surfable waves that hold up well for longer rides in prevailing cross-offshore, offshore or light wind conditions.

blown out

30%

Surfable sized waves that are of poorer quality due to prevailing onshore, cross-onshore or windy conditions (may be preferable for kitesurfing).

too small

19%

Waves usually considered too small for good surf. Some wave-magnet breaks may still work though if conditions are right (on occasion).

Explore Inner Kom Location Map

Interactive Inner Kom 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. The nearest passenger airport to Inner Kom is Cape Town International Airport (CPT) in South Africa, which is 32 km (20 miles) away (directly). The second closest airport to Inner Kom is Oudtshoorn Airport (DUH), also in South Africa, 362 km (225 miles) away.

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Inner Kom Surf Forecasts:

Hourly Forecast

16 Day Forecast

Todays Surf Summary
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 06:02 Local Time

m, °C	Wednesday 06
ft, °F	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Wave (m)	S	SW	SW	SW
Period (s)	11	15	14	14
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off

What does Inner Kom look like?

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Tides at Inner Kom

Current tide and informaton

For Boneyards, 1 km from Inner Kom.

Next High Water: 05:56pm | 1.19m

Next Low Water: 11:38am | 0.36m

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Inner Kom Sea Temperature

The Inner Kom water temperature is reasonably warm (17.5 °C) and the air temperature will similar (windchill forecast 16.0 °C). A good quality summer wetsuit would be ideal.

Today, many surfers would wear a summer wetsuit.

Current Temp*: 17.5°C*ocean temperature recorded from satellite