Nine Mile Reef Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 08 Nov 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 16.4° 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 9AM is: 0.5m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Nov)	1.5ft (0.5m)	16s
Afternoon (08 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	15s
Evening (08 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	14s

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

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	Saturday 08							Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tue 11
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SE	SSW	SW	SE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	17	6	16	15	7	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	18
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	100	102	166	229	325	293	288	293	288	261	249	241	196	525	461	431	384	304	290	264	209	202	185	211
Wind (km/h)	E	SE	S	S	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	ESE	SSW	SSW	SSW	ESE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	W	SW	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	4:45AM 1.51				5:00PM 1.52					5:33AM 1.42				5:51PM 1.36				6:30AM 1.31				6:52PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)			10:51AM 0.17					11:19PM 0.14				11:43AM 0.29				12:10AM 0.28				12:45PM 0.41				1:12AM 0.41

	Saturday 08							Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tue 11
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	22	26	28	27	24	21	20	21	23	27	29	27	24	23	21	20	21	25	27	22	19	19	19
Feels °C (?)	19	21	25	26	25	22	20	19	20	23	27	28	26	25	23	21	20	20	23	26	21	20	20	19

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