Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Issued: 7 pm 01 Nov 2026 (local time)

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Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is

17.1°C

Nine Mile Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today (02 Nov):

Morning surf: Morning surf (02 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 12s period with S swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (02 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 12s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (02 Nov, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 6s period with SSE swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 4AM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 01). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	12s
Afternoon (02 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	12s
Evening (02 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	6s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Wed morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Mon afternoon, calm by Tue night).
	Sun 1			Monday 2								Tuesday 3								Wed 4
	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	5 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	S 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SSE 6	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	527	511	379	282	278	723	319	224	182	160	142	140	140	145	384	545	672	643	624	653	560
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	E	E	WSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	E	NE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	glassy	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	glassy	glassy
High Tide			8:35PM1.10m				9:34AM1.19m				10:18PM1.09m				10:57AM1.26m					11:37PM1.16m
Low Tide	2:24PM0.52m				2:58AM0.49m				4:12PM0.50m				4:31AM0.48m					5:33PM0.41m


	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:41
	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:15	—	—	—	7:15
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	16	16	15	15	16	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	17	21	22	20	17	18	18	18
Feels °C	13	12	12	11	12	12	14	12	12	13	13	13	14	17	20	19	18	16	18	19	18
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	—	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 10	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 14	SSW 13	SSW 13	SSW 13
kJ	527	511	379	282	278	—	319	224	182	145	142	140	140	87	384	545	672	643	624	653	560
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 9	SE 9	W 11	SE 13	W 11	ESE 12	ESE 12	—	—	—	S 18	SSW 15	SSW 15	SSW 14	W 16	SE 10	SE 10	—	—	W 15	ESE 4
kJ	8	3	37	7	21	14	14	—	—	—	6	21	44	145	5	4	4	—	—	4	13
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	SE 13	SE 13	ESE 12	E 9	—	—	—	—	S 15	S 17	W 16	W 16	W 16	W 16	—	—	—	—	NW 15
kJ	—	—	7	7	15	2	—	—	—	—	4	6	5	5	5	5	—	—	—	—	9
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	S 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	S 6	S 7	S 12	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 5	—	—
kJ	9	16	56	123	176	723	59	109	143	160	93	84	75	59	38	38	37	40	29	—	—
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Ding Dangs Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Buffalo Bay Garden Route	The Wreck Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	2	4	4	4	2	4	2	3	2	3	1	1	2	2	3	3	1	3	3	3	3
Distance (km)	318	83	56	56	22	31	318	398	435	83	22	16	12	0	10	10	21	16	12	0	0
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town						Sollys					Sollys	Captains	Kreefte Reef	The Hoek	The Hoek	The Boiler	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay)	Captains	Captains	Kreefte Reef	Kreefte Reef
Rating (10 max)						4					3	3	2	3	3	4	1	4	4	4	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Magna Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Boiler Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	4	4	4	4
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Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4

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