Nine Mile Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.07° S 18.66° E

Issued: 1 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Nine Mile Reef sea temperature is

17.2°C

Nine Mile Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 11s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 7AM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.5m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	3ft (0.9m)	11s
Evening (31 Oct)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Sun afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Mon night).
	Saturday 31								Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	S 6	SSE 6	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	239	192	185	202	191	128	290	437	579	716	706	689	679	473	511	525	367	361	361	273	228	183	185	142
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			6:40AM1.28m				7:04PM1.20m				7:58AM1.20m					8:35PM1.10m				9:34AM1.19m				10:18PM1.09m
Low Tide	00:19AM0.30m				12:52PM0.43m				1:27AM0.42m					2:24PM0.52m				2:58AM0.49m				4:12PM0.50m


	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:43	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	18	20	19	17	16	16	16	16	17	18	18	18	17	16	15	15	16	19	19	19	17	16
Feels °C	16	17	17	17	16	14	14	14	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	13	12	13	14	15	13	14	13	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	239	192	185	202	191	128	290	437	579	716	706	689	679	473	511	525	367	361	361	273	228	153	121	142
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SE 10	SE 9	SSW 10	SSW 10	E 9	E 10	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	W 11	W 11	E 13	E 12	—	—	—	W 10	SSW 14
kJ	48	47	39	23	3	39	38	2	2	72	72	71	71	8	8	37	37	3	3	—	—	—	8	21
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	SE 10	SE 10	—	SE 9	SSW 14	SW 10	ESE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	—	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 12	ESE 12	—	—	—	—	—
kJ	38	4	24	—	21	81	48	17	18	18	9	9	8	—	—	8	8	15	14	—	—	—	—	—
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 3	SSE 4	S 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	—	SE 5	S 4	SSE 4	SE 3	SE 3	ESE 3	SE 3	SSE 4	S 5	S 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	11	11	7	15	29	50	45	43	33	25	16	—	12	20	13	4	7	4	3	14	64	183	185	126
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	3	1	1	3	3	4	3	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	1
Distance (km)	16	16	34	83	318	318	32	32	30	16	32	32	318	34	34	22	16	16	16	165	380	380	56	22
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Captains	Captains					Long Beach	Long Beach	Milnerton	Kamer Van	Long Beach	Olifants Bos					Strand (Pipe)	Captains	Captains					Captains
Rating (10 max)	3	3					3	3	4	4	4	4					2	4	3					3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Fish Boma Garden Route	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Gansbaai Overberg	Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Second Beach (Port St Johns) Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Koeel Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Kaaimans River Mouth Garden Route	Brak River Garden Route	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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