Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today (04 Sep):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (04 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 9s period with SSE swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (04 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 8s period with SSE swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (04 Sep, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 8s period with SE swell.
The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 7PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 9s |
| Afternoon (04 Sep) | 8ft (2.5m) | 8s |
| Evening (04 Sep) | 8ft (2.4m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Nine Mile Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 10°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SE on Fri afternoon, calm by Sun night). | |||||||||||||||||||||
Fri 4 | Saturday 5 | Sunday 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SSW 22 | SSW 21 | SW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 870 | 867 | 969 | 815 | 573 | 444 | 341 | 316 | 341 | 247 | 344 | 420 | 860 | 1498 | 1902 | 2121 | 1880 | 1439 | 969 | 832 | 674 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | cross |
High Tide | 8:29PM1.16m | 9:45AM1.04m | 10:28PM1.13m | 11:38AM1.12m | |||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:54PM0.54m | 3:13AM0.52m | 3:57PM0.60m | 5:15AM0.49m | 5:55PM0.51m | ||||||||||||||||
 | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:56 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:29 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:30 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 16 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 21 |
Feels °C | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 17 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 19 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 14 | S 14 | S 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 11 | S 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 10 | SSW 22 | SSW 21 | SW 20 | SSW 19 | SSW 18 | SSW 17 | SSW 16 | SSW 16 | SSW 15 |
| kJ | 4 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 31 | 56 | 55 | 88 | 102 | 128 | 131 | 102 | 860 | 1498 | 1902 | 2121 | 1880 | 1439 | 969 | 832 | 674 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 15 | S 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 9 | SW 24 | SSW 10 | SSW 13 | SW 10 | SSW 9 | — | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | — |
| kJ | 4 | 15 | 18 | 35 | 57 | 18 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 278 | 81 | 16 | 73 | 33 | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | SSW 13 | S 11 | S 12 | — | — | S 13 | SSW 26 | WSW 10 | SSW 12 | SW 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | 57 | 9 | 78 | — | — | 14 | 65 | 9 | 15 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SE 8 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 8 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 |
| kJ | 870 | 867 | 969 | 815 | 573 | 444 | 341 | 316 | 341 | 247 | 344 | 420 | 341 | 386 | 336 | 255 | 221 | 176 | 194 | 169 | 102 |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 1473 | 254 | 198 | 30 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town | |||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Nine Mile Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest