Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 09 Apr 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
19.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 10AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)2ft (0.6m)17s
Evening (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
3
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
3
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121217161615151414141413131314131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)347282225224224238314411523695736726648557511451458532525525509431486364
Wind
(km/h)
5
NE
5
NNE
5
SSE
5
SE
0
SSW
5
SSW
10
S
5
E
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
N
10
WNW
15
SW
15
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSE
0
WSW
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNW
15
SW
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
glassonglassglasscross-
on
onglassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:58AM
1.04
8:06PM
0.98
8:35AM
0.96
10:20PM
0.99
10:48AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:42AM
0.62
1:24PM
0.60
2:07AM
0.71
3:22PM
0.64
4:49AM
0.69
5:15PM
0.58
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunrise---7:03-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset------6:30-------6:29-------6:27-
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------------1-1----
Temp. °C262524232729272625242322272522202220191922222019
Feels °C (?)242423232828262624222120262422212322202022211919
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