Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 21 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.7°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 4PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (21 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212111111111111111212161514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)65560359948548541240539938531930725625623431337252147713761546151713181090961
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
35
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:28AM
1.73
4:51PM
1.55
5:05AM
1.66
5:30PM
1.45
5:45AM
1.53
6:13PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:45AM
-0.02
10:52PM
0.08
11:23AM
0.06
11:30PM
0.18
12:04PM
0.19
12:14AM
0.31
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tue
24
Sunrise-6:48-------6:48-------6:50------
Sunset----6:55-------6:53-------6:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171620222119181716172122211818181818232727211919
Feels °C (?)151417171615151514151817161314141515202322171618
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