Milnerton surf break

Milnerton surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 29 Aug 2025 SAST
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Milnerton surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Milnerton sea temperature is
15.5° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Milnerton today?

The current surf forecast for Milnerton at 4AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 29). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Aug)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (29 Aug)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (29 Aug)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
!
!
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2
WSW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)161615151515141414141313131313131313131312131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)283932533427390748664618407834693028265824282405236321642278214921452010169916011427186826503201
Wind
(km/h)
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
SSE
5
W
10
W
15
W
5
NW
10
N
5
NNE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
5
SW
5
SW
5
E
5
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
oncrosscrossglassglassglasscross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
1.40
6:37PM
1.46
6:59AM
1.30
7:14PM
1.35
7:51AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:16AM
0.58
12:16PM
0.63
12:51AM
0.67
12:51PM
0.75
1:39AM
0.76
1:44PM
0.86
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Sunrise---7:09-------7:07-------7:05----
Sunset------6:24-------6:25-------6:27-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141413131516161515151414161715151413131315161514
Feels °C (?)131413131514141514141414161513151412121314131211
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  • Wind Speed (km/h)
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Milnerton (calm at Thornton wx 10 km from Milnerton). A 2.5m groundswell from the SW is too big for here

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