Milnerton Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.84° S 18.49° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Milnerton surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 20 Oct 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 14.4° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Milnerton today?

The current surf forecast for Milnerton at 6PM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	14s
Evening (20 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	13s

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

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	Monday 20					Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	2	2	1	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	1	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	2032	1949	1220	1029	802	653	663	653	546	511	511	511	580	929	1785	1624	1514	1247	1120	882	813	661	765	483
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSE	ESE	ESE	SE	E	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)			2:42PM 1.76				3:02AM 1.66				3:08PM 1.77				3:29AM 1.67				3:34PM 1.75				3:55AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)	8:33AM 0.44				8:56PM 0.35				8:58AM 0.43				9:20PM 0.35				9:23AM 0.44				9:44PM 0.36

	Monday 20					Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	23	21	21	17	15	14	16	22	26	24	20	19	17	17	22	24	25	23	17	16	16	16	17
Feels °C (?)	20	19	17	19	14	13	11	13	19	23	21	18	17	15	16	21	22	23	22	16	16	16	17	18

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Milnerton (light winds from the SW at Plattekloof Glen wx 8 km from Milnerton). 1.6m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 1.6m 8s swell from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
54 minutes ago Milnerton

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Actual: 54 min ago

13 km/h

Cross-Shore

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