Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 19 Apr 2026 SAST
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Nine Mile Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is
19.2° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 5AM is: 1.2m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 19). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)4ft (1.2m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s

Table - waves today at Nine Mile Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
WSW
1.7
SW
0.2
SSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)109991018101112121214141414141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23023023022159933196220382285210755158366324027642651234421221807162213831481216222862340
Wind
(km/h)
25
NNW
25
N
30
N
35
NNW
50
NNW
50
WNW
45
W
40
W
35
WNW
35
W
25
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
30
NW
25
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
15
N
20
N
20
NW
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:07AM
1.71
4:36PM
1.54
4:50AM
1.61
5:20PM
1.45
5:36AM
1.47
6:10PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:57PM
0.05
10:27AM
-0.03
10:38PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.07
11:24PM
0.21
11:55AM
0.20
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---7:09-------7:11-------7:11----
Sunset------6:16-------6:15-------6:15-
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
1113242212111----1----1-
Temp. °C151414141616141413141413161616151414141316181617
Feels °C (?)11987774556891191011101010912141414
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