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Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 10 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
19.0° 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 11PM is: 1.1m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)--
Afternoon (10 Jan)6ft (1.9m)7s
Evening (10 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSE
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)71313121212121221201817161514141313131212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)437440414377304299239239400738948117512459041191908590572486458367330319293
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
S
10
SSW
15
S
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		glassononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:33PM
1.02
8:59AM
1.16
9:50PM
0.97
10:13AM
1.10
11:22PM
0.98
11:33AM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:35PM
0.51
2:24AM
0.56
3:45PM
0.56
3:39AM
0.64
5:10PM
0.57
5:18AM
0.66
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Tuesday
13
Sunrise-----5:45-------5:46-------5:47--
Sunset-8:00-------8:00-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C302622202022282826232322212222232220191918202223
Feels °C (?)262421192022272624232424242423212018182018212121
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