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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	Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Sat
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	0	5	4	0	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	0	4	0	0	2	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	19	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	14
Energy(?)	2732	4539	3025	829	1312	645	533	638	1054	1511	1943	2430	1791	1561	1370	615	1274	547	329	604	379	676
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	1:57PM 1.28		2:25AM 1.32		2:29PM 1.36	2:54AM 1.44		3:01PM 1.45	3:23AM 1.55		3:37PM 1.75	3:55AM 1.86		4:04PM 1.54	4:23AM 1.67		4:37PM 1.53	4:58AM 1.91		5:16PM 1.76		5:28AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 0.28	8:32AM 0.33		8:45PM 0.18	9:02AM 0.23		9:12PM 0.10	9:32AM 0.14		9:42PM 0.34	10:03AM 0.07		10:10PM 0.02	10:37AM 0.31		10:43PM 0.31	11:11AM 0.32		11:12PM 0.08	11:44AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	22	21	20	28	23	23	31	25	23	22	21	22	25	22	22	25	21	22	23	21	23
Low °C	18	22	15	16	27	21	21	30	19	20	21	20	21	24	20	21	24	20	20	22	21	22
Chill °C (?)	17	22	21	20	28	23	23	31	25	23	22	21	22	25	22	22	25	21	22	23	21	23
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	11	11	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SW	0.3 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.7 SSW	0.7 NW	0.6 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.8 S	0.7 SSE	0.8 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	7	11	19	18	7	16	16	16	15	12	15	14	8	7	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	3.5 SSW	-	1.2 SE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.1 SSE	0.9 S	-	-	0.4 NW
Period (s)	-	13	-	7	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	-	3

	Fri	Saturday 14								Sunday 15								Monday 16
	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	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	20
Energy(?)	2791	2887	2998	2890	2732	2528	2005	1917	4057	3025	3394	2840	1682	1614	876	1186	1096	1198	878	547	533	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)		1:54AM 1.19				1:55PM 1.26					2:28AM 1.59				2:29PM 1.36				2:57AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)				7:59AM 0.45					8:15PM 0.28				8:32AM 0.33				8:44PM 0.18				9:02AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	17	16	15	16	24	25	26	25	25	23	23	24	25	31
Chill °C (?)	19	18	17	17	17	17	16	18	16	15	14	16	24	25	26	25	25	23	23	24	25	31
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	0.2 WNW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	7	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	-	2.4 SE	2.1 SE	-	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	14	-	-	-	-	6	7	7	-	7	7	-	7	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-

	Friday 13			Saturday 14
	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	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2478	5563	2379	2379	2887	2887	2887	2998	4798	4986	5456	5372	4803	5535	2732	4858	4354	4703	4351	4151	3840	2977
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						1:54AM 1.19												2:00PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)												7:58AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	22	19	20	19	18	20
Chill °C (?)	19	20	20	20	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	22	18	19	18	16	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	2.5 SSW	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	-	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	15	-	-	14	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	6	6	6