Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 30 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
15.2° C
(Which is 3.1°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 7PM is: 1.9m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.5m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 30). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Nov)6ft (1.9m)12s
Afternoon (30 Nov)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (30 Nov)6ft (1.9m)14s

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

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Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
Period(s) (?)121214141414131313131313131313131212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11971134160414271193120411551026772689689865812734734711739488414400228224161134
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
S
35
S
30
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
30
S
40
S
35
S
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:06AM
1.36
11:49PM
1.22
12:02PM
1.46
12:44AM
1.33
12:54PM
1.55
1:34AM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
0.31
5:45AM
0.38
6:34PM
0.18
6:42AM
0.29
7:23PM
0.08
7:34AM
0.21
Sunday
30
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Sunrise-------5:26-------5:26-------5:26
Sunset--7:39-------7:40-------7:42-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C242422191917172024222119181918212222211919181720
Feels °C (?)212017151715161820171616151716191816161617161518
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