Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 15 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 1.1°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 8AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.2m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Apr)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (15 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (15 Apr)8ft (2.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
2
!
1
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
!
2
2
3
4
3
3
2
2
0
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
1.7
SW
3.5
WSW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141213121313171616161515141414141313131212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)29468603810946210821084284363431822768248718891728148012361133996828723657625542506497
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
15
W
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
E
5
W
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
SW
5
N
10
N
20
NNE
25
NNE
30
NNW
35
NW
15
WSW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:39AM
1.54
2:02PM
1.46
2:14AM
1.65
2:39PM
1.55
2:50AM
1.73
3:17PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:58AM
0.12
8:04PM
0.14
8:34AM
0.00
8:40PM
0.07
9:10AM
-0.07
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Sunrise---7:07-------7:07-------7:09----
Sunset------6:22-------6:21-------6:20-
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
mod rain
mod rain
Rain (mm)
12--------------------88
Temp. °C181818171818171616151414171918161614131418181212
Feels °C (?)17161513151513131313121315161515151299121198
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