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 7 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 11PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	-	-
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
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	2	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1
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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	WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1220	947	802	653	663	529	496	511	511	511	580	929	1808	1624	1514	1247	1306	959	813	661	765	534	528	875
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SSE	WSW	SW
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	off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on
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)			8:56PM 0.35				8:58AM 0.43				9:20PM 0.35				9:23AM 0.44				9:44PM 0.36				9:49AM 0.47

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

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Milnerton (light winds from the SW at Plattekloof Glen wx 8 km from Milnerton). 1.8m 8s swell from the S with a 1.4m 13s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 21 minutes ago Milnerton

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1 h 21 min ago

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