Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 04 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 5PM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 0.5m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 04). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Dec)4.5ft (1.4m)6s
Afternoon (04 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (04 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)9s

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

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Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
S
1
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
1
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
SSE
0.8
SW
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.6
SSE
0.9
SW
1.8
SSE
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)99999991110105555955513613131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)151154186969773741431962791021261291121098670139290193249479496496
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
15
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
35
S
35
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:32PM
1.66
3:07AM
1.55
3:20PM
1.64
3:53AM
1.56
4:07PM
1.59
4:40AM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:23AM
0.14
8:56PM
-0.03
9:12AM
0.11
9:41PM
-0.02
10:00AM
0.12
10:27PM
0.03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunday
07
Sunrise-------5:26-------5:26-------5:26
Sunset--7:44-------7:45-------7:45-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C282521191818172022222018181717192222211917151518
Feels °C (?)262318161616151717171514141313151615151313121316
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