Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 22 Apr 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 12PM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)15s
Afternoon (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)16s
Evening (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
3
3
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
S
3.5
S
3.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
S
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)151516161616161514141413131313121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)63957440736874656941609552483973310825701977146512451077826566472333266198191153107111
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
5
ESE
5
N
5
NNW
5
WNW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
S
0
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrossglasscross-
on
onglasscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
onononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
1.31
7:13PM
1.23
7:41AM
1.16
8:40PM
1.15
9:22AM
1.07
10:21PM
1.17
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:51PM
0.34
1:27AM
0.47
2:07PM
0.47
3:11AM
0.55
3:47PM
0.51
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-7:11-------7:13-------7:13------
Sunset----6:14-------6:13-------6:12---
part cloud
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. °C161516181915131212131720201919181819232623212020
Feels °C (?)121110131410999111617181716151516212321191819
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