Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 25 Dec 2025 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 3PM is: 2.0m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Dec)4ft (1.2m)7s
Afternoon (25 Dec)6.5ft (2.0m)6s
Evening (25 Dec)6ft (1.9m)6s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSE
1.8
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SE
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.9
SSE
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.3
SE
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
Period(s) (?)7666121212121212116111111111111666101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142238341303261289289341309303250260202172169140137133197202107646463
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
30
S
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
35
S
40
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
35
S
40
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30PM
1.24
7:05AM
1.36
7:23PM
1.17
7:58AM
1.33
8:29PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:32PM
0.38
12:37AM
0.31
1:23PM
0.41
1:25AM
0.38
2:24PM
0.42
2:26AM
0.44
Thursday
25
Friday
26
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Sunrise-------5:31-------5:33-------5:33
Sunset--7:57-------7:58-------7:58-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C262423211919182125242421191818202525242219181720
Feels °C (?)252019171617162022191816161617182219171716161519
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