Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
19.7° C
(Which is 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 9AM is: 1.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 19s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (03 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (03 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
3
3
2
1
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212111111111010101013131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)13871052876713623446372265334346347298298310689875835771669616536491414335
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
5
E
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
0
WNW
10
SSW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SW
5
NNE
5
N
5
W
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crossglassononononononcross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglassoffglasscross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:18AM
1.65
3:33PM
1.55
3:50AM
1.68
4:05PM
1.55
4:19AM
1.67
4:35PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:09PM
0.05
9:34AM
0.05
9:40PM
0.03
10:05AM
0.03
10:09PM
0.05
10:35AM
0.05
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise---6:33-------6:35-------6:35----
Sunset------7:19-------7:17-------7:16-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161515161820191717171718212322191918181822222119
Feels °C (?)131414151618161615161618192222191919191823212018
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