Nine Mile Reef Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 15 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 17.1° C
(Which is 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 11AM is: 1.6m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Nov)	5ft (1.5m)	8s
Afternoon (15 Nov)	6ft (1.9m)	8s
Evening (15 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	12s

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

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	Saturday 15							Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tue 18
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	7	8	8	8	8	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	7	7	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	161	217	299	466	501	749	713	1752	1534	1224	958	555	479	367	319	314	221	173	194	450	508	342	132	139
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				12:22PM 1.33				12:55AM 1.21				12:59PM 1.38				1:30AM 1.28				1:32PM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)		6:12AM 0.45				6:53PM 0.32				6:53AM 0.40				7:26PM 0.26				7:29AM 0.36				7:56PM 0.21

	Saturday 15							Sunday 16								Monday 17								Tue 18
Sunrise	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	20	20	19	17	16	15	15	17	22	23	22	18	15	14	13	17	24	27	26	21	17	16
Feels °C (?)	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	10	12	16	15	14	12	10	10	10	14	21	22	21	17	14	13

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