Cape Town Surf

Cape Town Surf Forecast

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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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.

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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town	Sunset Beach Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	0	1	2	2	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.3 SE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	7	12	12	13	12	15	13
Energy	480	1336	4145	3551	1319	1500	3090	3150	1189	1383	1095	913	664	522	584	972	562	1008	1071	584	1414	787
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	12:07PM 1.22		12:27AM 1.67	1:04PM 1.33		1:22AM 1.74			2:07AM 1.57		2:45PM 1.48	2:58AM 1.59		3:34PM 1.53	3:49AM 1.58		4:27PM 1.78	4:38AM 1.52		5:12PM 1.53		5:29AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		6:02PM 0.38		6:51AM 0.18	7:02PM 0.30		7:48AM 0.32	7:57PM 0.22		8:37AM 0.27		8:49PM 0.16	9:21AM 0.00		9:41PM 0.12	10:11AM 0.26		10:32PM 0.13	10:57AM 0.30		11:24PM 0.17	11:42AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	5	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	16	15	15	16	15	13	15	15	13	14	13	14	16	14	13	18	15	16	20	17	17
Low °C	14	16	14	14	15	13	13	14	13	12	13	12	13	16	12	11	16	14	15	19	15	17
Chill °C (?)	13	14	13	14	15	15	13	14	14	12	13	11	12	15	13	12	18	13	16	20	16	17
Sunrise	7:48	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	7	7	12	12	13	12	15	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.5 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSW	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	12	10	10	10	9	7	12	11	11	10	9	16	15	7	13	-	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 NNW	1.6 NW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	2.3 SE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SE	1.7 SE	0.8 S	1.5 SE	-
Period (s)	4	6	12	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	8	7	7	6	6	-

	Wed	Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Sunset Beach Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Sunset Beach Cape Town	Danger Reef 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	13	13
Energy	760	1046	1221	1140	480	1227	1336	579	1192	4145	562	846	3551	1978	1319	1504	1383	1500	1893	2584	3090	3090
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:28PM 1.59				12:07PM 1.22				12:27AM 1.67				1:09PM 1.55				1:22AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				5:55AM 0.27				6:02PM 0.38				6:51AM 0.18				7:08PM 0.50				7:48AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	1	1	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	13	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	15
Chill °C (?)	15	14	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	14	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.3 SW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	2.5 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	12	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.1 E	-	-	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 W	1.4 W	1.2 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	8	8	7	7	11	9	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	12	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.6 NNW	1.4 NNW	1.6 NW	1.2 NNW	1.8 WSW	3.0 WSW	0.9 WNW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	5	12	12	4	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	0	1	1	1	3	2	1	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1152	1152	760	1122	1048	1046	1358	1128	1221	1140	1140	1140	1105	382	480	540	531	1227	1227	1227	1336	536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:21PM 1.36													12:07PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	15	16	17	16	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	12	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	16	14	14	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 E	0.1 E	0.1 E	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	11	7	7	7	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.6 NNW	0.9 NW	1.4 NNW	1.4 NW	1.6 NW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	5