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Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 12 Jan 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 slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 4AM is: 1.4m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Jan)5ft (1.6m)15s
Afternoon (12 Jan)--
Evening (12 Jan)--

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)181716151414131313121212121111111111111111111716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)94811751179962107295564257248637938433031929831431430826823323323325412161479
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
NW
15
W
20
W
20
WNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		oncross-
on		onononononononononononononcross-
on		onglassglasscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:50PM
0.97
10:13AM
1.10
11:22PM
0.98
11:33AM
1.10
12:36AM
1.04
12:39PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:39AM
0.64
5:10PM
0.57
5:18AM
0.66
6:24PM
0.52
6:37AM
0.61
7:18PM
0.44
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Sunrise---5:46-------5:47-------5:48----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00------7:59-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212121212123222019181820222321191818181924252421
Feels °C (?)222324232122201818181820212218171718192021212120
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