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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	Sat		Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Sat
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	7	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	12	11	17	16	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	8640	8220	5487	3943	2744	1771	1629	1347	1290	969	444	425	524	923	758	1912	4440	3523	3725	3870	2811	1346
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	on	glass	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	3:40PM 1.79	3:54AM 1.69		4:05PM 1.60	4:18AM 1.47		4:34PM 1.59	4:48AM 1.42		5:02PM 1.53		5:17AM 1.36	5:30PM 1.45		5:46AM 1.27	5:57PM 1.37		6:16AM 1.18	6:37PM 1.46		6:51AM 1.07	7:14PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		9:53PM 0.34	9:58AM 0.32		10:19PM 0.10	10:23AM 0.09		10:49PM 0.13	10:50AM 0.15		11:18PM 0.43	11:17AM 0.23		11:44PM 0.26	11:43AM 0.32		12:11AM 0.36	12:11PM 0.42		12:45AM 0.45	12:42PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	13	14	12	14	15	14	13	15	13	14	16	14	15	16	15	15	16	14	16	16
Low °C	14	13	13	13	11	11	14	12	12	15	12	12	16	14	14	16	14	13	15	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	13	11	13	14	13	12	14	11	13	15	14	14	16	15	15	16	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-
Sunset	6:21	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	0.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 WSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	16	10	10	10	12	11	12	16	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	-	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.5 S	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	12	16	-	15	13	13	10	19	17	9	9	-	24	22	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SSE	1.3 SE	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	11	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 23					Sunday 24								Monday 25								Tue
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	5	5	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12
Energy(?)	6952	10104	10686	5115	4782	6871	5796	6260	5295	3753	4103	3567	3065	2610	2407	2044	1914	1583	1629	1433	1443	1249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:40PM 1.79				3:47AM 1.49				4:11PM 1.80				4:18AM 1.47				4:41PM 1.78
Low Tide / height (m)	9:29AM 0.33				9:49PM 0.10				9:54AM 0.07				10:19PM 0.10				10:23AM 0.09				10:49PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	13	15	15	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	10	11	13	14	14	13	12	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	1.5 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	20	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5

	Saturday 23	Sunday 24
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	5	5	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	12220	6249	6952	9984	10618	8244	8520	9282	9687	8640	10393	9547	9547	9278	9128	9547	9278	8220	8220	7607	7374	7025
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)								3:34PM 1.59												3:47AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		9:29AM 0.33												9:48PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12
Sunrise	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 SW	-	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-