Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 12 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.8°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 5PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.5
SW
0.6
SSW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)121211111111111111141413131313121212121212121213
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)319235256145142949290901031332613424314053923863463674815286248821367
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
0
NE
5
NW
10
NW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
N
15
NW
10
NW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
glassglassoncross-
on
ononononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:59AM
1.09
12:27AM
1.25
12:46PM
1.22
1:04AM
1.40
1:25PM
1.35
1:39AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:12PM
0.47
6:48AM
0.42
6:52PM
0.35
7:24AM
0.26
7:28PM
0.24
7:58AM
0.12
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-------7:05-------7:05-------7:07
Sunset--6:25-------6:24-------6:23-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---------------------11-
Temp. °C202120181817171721232119181818172122211918181818
Feels °C (?)191918171717171821222119181920172019191717181716
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