Nine Mile Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 27 Feb 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
18.9° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Nine Mile Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Nine Mile Reef at 8PM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 9s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (27 Feb)5ft (1.5m)10s
Evening (27 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
1
1
1
!
!
0
0
!
0
0
0
!
!
!
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.1
SSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111010111111111111101111121213141415151515141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)4524925024464463903834385034647871114428763873751462350085567572053114902416435002949
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
S
10
S
5
S
5
NW
15
N
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
25
NW
20
W
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
onononglassglassoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
1.23
1:24AM
1.30
1:40PM
1.35
2:08AM
1.45
2:23PM
1.45
2:45AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:11PM
0.34
7:37AM
0.34
7:57PM
0.21
8:22AM
0.20
8:35PM
0.11
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise-------6:31-------6:31-------6:33
Sunset--7:23-------7:22-------7:22-----
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
-----------232-11111----
Temp. °C202120171717161720212018181717171717171616161515
Feels °C (?)181817151617161515161415151312121112121213141313
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