Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 19 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
19.1° C
(Which is 1.3°C warmer than normal 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: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.4m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)1ft (0.3m)18s
Evening (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
0.2
SSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)101810111112121414141414141313131313131313131515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)551332040226323332158542480653143301326512510212218871622152817652138248125813008389061616743
Wind
(km/h)
50
NNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
40
W
40
WNW
30
W
25
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
N
30
NNW
20
WNW
5
SSW
10
S
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36PM
1.54
4:50AM
1.61
5:20PM
1.45
5:36AM
1.47
6:10PM
1.34
6:30AM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
-0.03
10:38PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.07
11:24PM
0.21
11:55AM
0.20
12:17AM
0.34
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise-------7:11-------7:11-------7:11
Sunset--6:16-------6:15-------6:15-----
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2422221111-------12-----
Temp. °C161615141313131316161615141413131617161717161615
Feels °C (?)77654679111010111010991013151513121110
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