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Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 16 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
19.6° 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 6AM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)10s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
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)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
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Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.5
S
1.4
S
1
SSW
1
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
WSW
1
SSW
0.8
S
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
3
SW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)11111010101010109991091010101011121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)311258458392204200168151181103719215121141649920571465193218331735152013231180
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
30
S
30
S
30
S
25
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
WSW
10
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
S
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononglasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
1.21
2:09PM
1.30
2:42AM
1.31
2:45PM
1.37
3:15AM
1.39
3:18PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
0.44
8:33PM
0.27
8:47AM
0.36
9:05PM
0.20
9:20AM
0.30
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise---5:50-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset------7:59-------7:59-------7:58-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C161616182019191817171618212222191918181818181817
Feels °C (?)121314161514141414151517191817161615141413121212
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