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Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 17 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
18.7° C
 (Which is 1.2°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 7PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)4ft (1.2m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)5ft (1.6m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
3
SW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)91010101011121212121212121212111111111111101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)184246416459168212591624170715711453132312001036789784613450359311311238161184169
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
25
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
20
S
30
S
35
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
S
35
S
35
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
1.37
3:15AM
1.39
3:18PM
1.43
3:46AM
1.46
3:51PM
1.46
4:17AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:47AM
0.36
9:05PM
0.20
9:20AM
0.30
9:35PM
0.14
9:52AM
0.24
10:04PM
0.10
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-------5:50-------5:52-------5:52
Sunset--7:59-------7:58-------7:58-----
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---11-------------------
Temp. °C212221191817171718181817161615172121212019181820
Feels °C (?)191716161513131313121212111212131615151716151517
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