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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Cape Town Wavefinder

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	Sun		Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17			Friday 18			Saturday 19			Sun
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	7	5	4	4	7	9	9	9	9	7	5	5	4	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	16	16	14	13	13	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1834	1743	1396	991	878	787	1777	5899	1880	2232	2891	3087	8800	10441	10600	8760	5715	4550	2961	1541	1969	2775
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	5:09PM 1.50		5:17AM 1.42	5:46PM 1.53		6:04AM 1.57	6:31PM 1.70		6:51AM 1.51	7:11PM 1.46		7:44AM 1.43		8:13PM 1.59	8:49AM 1.36		9:20PM 1.54	10:04AM 1.10		10:29PM 1.27	11:31AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)		11:18PM 0.22	11:27AM 0.14		11:59PM 0.24	12:09PM 0.42		12:49AM 0.48	12:53PM 0.49		1:35AM 0.31	1:46PM 0.56		2:47AM 0.58		2:52PM 0.64	4:04AM 0.61		3:59PM 0.49		5:14AM 0.38	5:31PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	1	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	15	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	13	17	15	15	15
Low °C	13	12	10	13	12	12	14	12	12	14	13	14	14	13	13	14	11	12	17	14	12	14
Chill °C (?)	13	14	12	11	12	13	14	14	12	14	12	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	17	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:53	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:57	-	-	5:58
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	16	16	14	13	13	17	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	1.1 SW	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	16	18	18	15	22	19	-	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.4 NW	0.8 NW	0.4 NNW	0.2 NNW	-	-	-	-	1.3 NW	0.6 NW	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S
Period (s)	-	-	3	4	3	3	-	-	-	-	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

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	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	6	8	7
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	18	17	16
Energy(?)	1077	1609	1834	1617	1715	1743	1760	1610	1396	1193	984	973	955	878	894	1664	1664	1594	755	5682	7251	6512
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)				5:08PM 1.52				5:22AM 1.61				5:48PM 1.72				6:04AM 1.57				6:27PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	10:51AM 0.11					11:20PM 0.44				11:27AM 0.14				12:02AM 0.45				12:04PM 0.19				12:44AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	15	15	13	13	13	12	12	13	16	15	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	10	10	11	11	9	10	14	14	12	12	12	11	11	12	15	14	13	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	13	18	17	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	16	-	18	18	18	18	16	16	15	15	22	22	21	20	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 W	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	0.8 NW	0.5 NNW	-	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-