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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	Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Fri
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	19	17	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	14	12	12
Energy(?)	1068	1684	2606	2605	4455	3025	908	1312	1049	473	626	1233	1377	1709	2000	2134	1694	1412	1171	1341	433	282
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:19PM 1.16		1:53AM 1.19	1:55PM 1.26		2:25AM 1.32		2:29PM 1.36	2:54AM 1.44		3:01PM 1.45	3:23AM 1.54		3:32PM 1.51	3:53AM 1.62		4:04PM 1.54	4:23AM 1.67		4:41PM 1.79	4:54AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		7:45PM 0.41		7:59AM 0.45		8:16PM 0.28	8:32AM 0.33		8:45PM 0.18	9:02AM 0.23		9:13PM 0.10	9:33AM 0.14		9:41PM 0.04	10:04AM 0.07		10:10PM 0.02	10:37AM 0.31		10:40PM 0.03	11:08AM 0.05
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	20	20	18	22	19	20	27	22	24	31	29	24	22	21	20	23	22	21	23	21	20
Low °C	18	20	17	18	20	14	16	26	20	21	30	21	20	22	20	20	22	21	21	23	19	20
Chill °C (?)	18	20	20	17	22	18	20	27	22	24	31	29	24	22	21	20	23	22	21	23	21	20
Sunrise	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24
Sunset	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	17	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	14	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SE	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 WNW	0.5 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.8 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	19	11	19	18	11	16	16	7	7	12	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	3.5 SSW	-	1.5 SE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	13	-	7	7	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	5

	Thu	Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sunday 15
	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	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town
Rating	2	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1636	1428	2096	784	2250	1172	1684	2178	2379	2606	2737	2898	2605	2521	1860	1753	4017	3025	3600	2912	1682	1614
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:17AM 1.07				1:17PM 1.15				1:54AM 1.19				1:55PM 1.26					2:28AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				7:21AM 0.56				7:45PM 0.40				7:59AM 0.45					8:15PM 0.28				8:32AM 0.33
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	19	18	20	20	20	19	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	16	24	25
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	18	17	20	20	20	18	17	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	14	16	24	25
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.1 S	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.1 NW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 E	1.5 SE	-	1.1 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 SSE	-	2.5 SE	2.3 SE	-	2.0 SE
Period (s)	5	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	6	7	7	-	7	7	-	7

	Thursday 12			Friday 13
	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	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town
Rating	2	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.2 S	3.0 SSW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	12	15
Energy(?)	1175	1636	3134	1147	2451	1091	1091	1261	1261	1261	784	784	861	1093	1068	1056	2030	2162	2268	3480	2372	3853
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:16AM 1.06												1:16PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)												7:21AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	20	20	20	21	20
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	19	20	20	20	20	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.2 S	0.2 WNW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	16	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	12	15	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	13	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	15	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	0.6 E	3.0 SSW	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	-	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	-	1.1 SSW	-	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	6	5	13	6	6	6	6	12	12	12	5	5	5	5	-	-	12	12	-	5	-	5