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.

Cape Town Surf Forecast

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Cape Town Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Cape Town Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Cape Town Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Cape Town Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Cape Town Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Cape Town Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Cape Town Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Cape Town Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Cape Town Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Cape Town Photos

Cape Town Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thu	Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	5	0	5	0	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period(s) (?)	19	17	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	8	8
Energy(?)	405	921	5441	13022	4675	3771	1913	862	1425	1281	2041	1796	1271	1025	1837	1969	1402	1769	513	550	564	724
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:46PM 1.04	9:21AM 1.23		10:04PM 1.01	10:28AM 1.20		11:18PM 1.04	11:27AM 1.20		12:24AM 1.35	12:18PM 1.23		1:01AM 1.16	1:02PM 1.27		1:40AM 1.23	1:41PM 1.31		2:15AM 1.27		2:18PM 1.37	2:50AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)	2:47AM 0.50		4:05PM 0.50	4:00AM 0.55		5:14PM 0.47		5:11AM 0.56	6:10PM 0.43		6:11AM 0.53	7:00PM 0.62		6:59AM 0.48	7:32PM 0.32		7:41AM 0.43		8:07PM 0.27	8:17AM 0.38		8:41PM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	2	2	1	-	-
High °C	18	20	19	17	17	18	17	18	20	19	20	22	20	21	23	19	17	17	17	17	18	16
Low °C	17	19	18	16	17	18	16	17	20	19	19	22	18	19	22	18	17	16	17	17	18	16
Chill °C (?)	18	20	19	16	16	18	17	18	20	19	20	22	20	21	23	18	16	17	17	16	17	14
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	17	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 SSW	0.9 S	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	8	6	16	12	18	11	11	16	20	10	15	18	16	16	16	15	15	10	9	13	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 NW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 NW	1.3 NW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	1.1 S	1.7 S	1.8 S
Period (s)	-	5	10	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	3	-	-	-	12	8	8

	Thursday 11			Friday 12								Saturday 13								Sunday 14
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	19	18	18	17	16	10	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	270	239	255	221	604	499	1481	1686	3175	6703	7425	6886	2886	6214	3577	1723	3627	3651	3140	2477	2171	1938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:46PM 1.04				9:22AM 1.22				10:05PM 1.01				10:28AM 1.20					11:18PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)	2:49PM 0.48				2:48AM 0.50				4:05PM 0.50				4:03AM 0.56					5:14PM 0.48				5:12AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	19	20	19	17	19	20	18	19	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	17	17	17	16	15	16
Chill °C (?)	23	19	20	19	16	18	19	17	19	16	16	16	15	15	16	18	16	16	17	16	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24
Sunset	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	18	18	17	9	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	0.7 S	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	14	7	8	8	9	9	9	16	16	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	-	-	0.5 W	0.9 NW	1.4 W	0.6 NW	2.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	3	3	-	-	3	4	9	5	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 11									Friday 12
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	20	19	19	20	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Energy(?)	241	295	270	141	247	158	220	255	255	410	531	505	223	784	630	352	832	1133	1317	990	1175	1135
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							8:48PM 1.05													9:21AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)	2:49PM 0.48												2:49AM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	25	24	23	22	20	21	18	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	21	21	20
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	22	20	21	18	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	21	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	18	9	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.2 W	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	6	7	14	14	10	21	10	8	8	20	19	19	9	9	18	8	9	5	5	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	-	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.3 NW	1.1 WNW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.8 WNW	1.0 NNW	1.0 NNW	2.0 W	2.0 W	2.0 W
Period (s)	-	2	3	3	3	-	3	-	-	-	4	4	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	6	6	6