Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 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
17.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 11AM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.6m 3s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 05). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Dec)3ft (0.9m)10s
Afternoon (05 Dec)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Evening (05 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)10s

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

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Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.7
S
1
S
0.8
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
0.8
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.4
SSE
1.4
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.8
SSE
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)91110109119995555613131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)74229122279327143125115958688144161186249479496607607531428421367361
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
35
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
S
30
S
35
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:07AM
1.55
3:20PM
1.64
3:53AM
1.56
4:07PM
1.59
4:40AM
1.53
4:55PM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:12AM
0.11
9:41PM
-0.02
10:00AM
0.12
10:27PM
0.03
10:50AM
0.17
11:12PM
0.11
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Mon
08
Sunrise-5:26-------5:26-------5:26------
Sunset----7:45-------7:45-------7:45---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172022212018171717192222211817151518232221191917
Feels °C (?)141718161514131313141615141213121316191716151615
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