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Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 07 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
16.9° C
 (Which is 2.8°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 6PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 07). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
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
!
!
!
3
2
1
1
2
1
!
!
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SW
1.8
S
2.4
WSW
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.4
SSE
1.6
S
1.4
S
0.7
SW
1.1
S
Period(s) (?)1212121212121111121211111111111212101010109129
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2005222120131810144911669715064864354619321172111469610051457124712821088464325137180
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
S
5
N
15
N
15
NNW
25
NW
25
WNW
20
WNW
15
SW
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononglassoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:09PM
1.33
6:36AM
1.45
6:51PM
1.22
7:18AM
1.35
7:37PM
1.11
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
0.25
12:15AM
0.23
12:56PM
0.34
12:53AM
0.34
1:42PM
0.43
1:34AM
0.46
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunrise-------5:41-------5:43-------5:43
Sunset---8:00-------8:00-------8:00----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C212120191818161923232321201818192324242118171619
Feels °C (?)171615161718141618202120191616151817171514131317
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