Cape Town Surf

Detailed Cape Town surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Cape Town. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Cape Town. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Cape Town over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Cape Town and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Cape Town Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Cape Town Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Cape Town coastline are also listed below.

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Cape Town Wavefinder

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	Tuesday 14			Wednesday 15			Thursday 16			Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tue
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	2	6	8	8	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	6	6	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.2 SSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	20	14	13	16	16	14	14	13	12	11	11	13	13	9	11	12	12	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	639	76	6250	4423	9742	6604	3261	3203	1806	795	1231	2821	1694	2451	1535	3112	8093	5482	7244	3947	2962	1752
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	1:33PM 1.58								2:56AM 1.93		3:22PM 1.83
Low Tide / height (m)									8:45PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	17	5	2	-	7	3	-	5	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	19	18	17	17	17	18	16	16	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	15	16	16	16
Low °C	19	21	18	17	17	14	15	18	14	15	15	16	15	16	16	16	17	14	15	16	14	12
Chill °C (?)	20	22	19	18	16	17	17	18	16	14	15	16	15	15	16	16	16	14	13	15	15	16
Sunrise	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11
Sunset	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:16	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.9 WSW	2.5 WSW	3.5 SW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	0.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.1 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	1.1 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW
Period (s)	12	16	14	13	16	16	14	14	13	12	18	11	13	13	13	11	12	17	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SSW	1.5 S	1.0 S	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	20	19	18	-	-	-	22	20	19	18	15	10	12	11	19	18	-	-	-	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.7 NW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	2.0 WSW	-	-	-	2.3 WSW	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	4	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	-	-	-	9	-	12	12	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14							Wednesday 15								Thursday 16
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	6	0	8	9	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	0.4 SW	3.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	13	16	14	14	19	13	14	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	1114	1251	1023	1057	1165	1099	1437	225	7382	6292	5904	7001	7260	8824	8820	7014	6300	5359	4158	1688	2356	1294
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	mid-ebb	-	low	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)											8:02AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	20	21	20	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	17	15	16	16	17	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	19	17	20	21	20	19	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	15	15	16	17	18	18	17
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	3.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	13	16	14	20	19	13	14	13	13	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	0.1 S
Period (s)	18	18	16	16	20	20	15	15	18	17	18	18	-	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	-	22
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.4 NW	1.8 SW	2.4 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	3	14	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 14	Wed
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	0	6	0	8	9	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.8 SW	0.4 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	20	14
Energy(?)	1085	1122	902	890	566	568	561	721	1417	1601	1505	1509	1057	2103	2630	2155	5560	2664	2240	1442	194	1436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	20	19	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	20	19	21	20	19	19	19	19	18	17	18	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	16	16	15	15	14	14	20	20	19
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	19	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	0.5 W	-	0.7 NW	-	2.5 WSW	-	0.4 NW	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	-	4	-	14	-	4	14	14	14