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Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 27 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
17.7° C
 (Which is 1.8°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 6PM is: 1.7m 6s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 27). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Dec)2.5ft (0.8m)11s
Afternoon (27 Dec)5.5ft (1.7m)6s
Evening (27 Dec)5ft (1.6m)6s

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

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Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
Swell
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.3
SE
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.4
SE
2.1
SSE
1.7
SE
1.3
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1.7
ESE
0.7
SE
0.8
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
1.5
ESE
1.2
SE
0.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1111665101010105666666666666612
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1371651781769064646161106299216111898019132406362471489522
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
25
S
35
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
0
ENE
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
5
ENE
5
NE
0
NNW
5
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crossglasscross-
on		onononcross-
off		glassglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:29PM
1.12
9:01AM
1.31
9:49PM
1.10
10:15AM
1.32
11:11PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:24PM
0.42
2:26AM
0.44
3:38PM
0.41
3:42AM
0.48
4:57PM
0.37
5:05AM
0.47
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
Monday
29
Tuesday
30
Sunrise-------5:33-------5:33-------5:35
Sunset--7:58-------7:58-------7:59-----
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. °C252524221917172027282724201919222828282625232122
Feels °C (?)221918171615161824242221181818232827272726242223
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