Kalk Bay Reef Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.12° S 18.45° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Kalk Bay Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 03 Oct 2025 SAST

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

Today's Kalk Bay Reef sea temperature is 15.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Kalk Bay Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Kalk Bay Reef at 11AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.8m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 03). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	12s
Afternoon (03 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Evening (03 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	8s

Table - waves today at Kalk Bay Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Friday 03							Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Mon 06
	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	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	1	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	8	8	9	9	11	11	13	14	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1111	961	887	743	754	775	444	575	323	311	294	243	298	250	175	517	433	444	439	319	406	905	459	1164
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				12:48PM 1.30				1:04AM 1.31				1:24PM 1.47				1:43AM 1.44				1:58PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)		6:35AM 0.38				7:04PM 0.33				7:12AM 0.25				7:40PM 0.17				7:48AM 0.13					8:16PM 0.02

	Friday 03							Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Mon 06
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	16	20	20	17	15	15	16	15	18	17	17	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	5	6	12	16	15	12	11	13	12	10	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	9	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Kalk Bay Reef (calm at Meadowridge wx 11 km from Kalk Bay Reef). 2.3m 6s windswell from the ESE with a 2.2m 12s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 39 minutes ago Kalk Bay Reef

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