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Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 02 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
18.0° C
 (Which is 1.6°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 8AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)12s
Afternoon (02 Jan)1.5ft (0.4m)18s
Evening (02 Jan)2.5ft (0.7m)18s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
1
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 (?)
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.4
SW
0.4
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.6
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.6
SSE
Period(s) (?)1212121219191818171616151514141413131366666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)175141141139112126199304270361416427410459387308250242204171148168218166
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
S
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
SW
15
SW
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononglassglasscross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
1.43
2:29PM
1.55
3:04AM
1.52
3:18PM
1.58
3:49AM
1.57
4:03PM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:04PM
0.11
8:22AM
0.21
8:53PM
0.05
9:12AM
0.14
9:37PM
0.01
10:00AM
0.11
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:39----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020212525232120201921242323211919192125252522
Feels °C (?)212122222524222119191719201718171516161921181918
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