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Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 23 Nov 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
14.7° C
 (Which is 3.2°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 10AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (23 Nov)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (23 Nov)5ft (1.5m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
0.8
SW
1.6
SSE
0.6
SW
1.4
SSE
1.5
S
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)101261699161615151414151414131313121216151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)489158167169326347421532505614529676816614597458400388403384813135816591189
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
25
S
35
S
35
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glassoncross-
on		onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:36AM
1.34
4:40PM
1.33
5:11AM
1.29
5:15PM
1.27
5:52AM
1.25
5:56PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.36
10:55PM
0.28
11:12AM
0.42
11:31PM
0.33
11:53AM
0.48
12:12AM
0.39
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise-5:28-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----7:34-------7:35-------7:36---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C182022232219171716182222211918171721272928221918
Feels °C (?)141516161615141615171816161515151520252626201817
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