Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 25 Mar 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
16.1° C
(Which is 3.0°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 11AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 25). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (25 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SSW
0.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212111111111111111010101010109912129898
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3803223112782632511702472423003083083533533022202031231091077972115126
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
25
N
25
N
25
NW
15
WNW
10
WNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
S
0
NNW
10
N
10
N
15
NW
25
WNW
20
NW
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onglassoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:35AM
1.19
8:34PM
1.07
9:21AM
1.07
10:42PM
1.07
11:24AM
1.10
12:12AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:06PM
0.49
2:51AM
0.59
4:07PM
0.55
5:13AM
0.57
5:52PM
0.48
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sat
28
Sunrise-6:50-------6:52-------6:52------
Sunset----6:50-------6:49-------6:46---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191921222219181717172123211818181718222321181818
Feels °C (?)151617192119181717162022201818201718201918171617
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