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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	Sun		Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			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	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) 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	Cemetery Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11
Energy	1308	2112	1946	1666	1016	753	798	1058	1177	1013	901	1018	1047	1246	1013	728	619	1090	626	1181	858	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:12PM 1.47	8:42AM 1.30		9:15PM 1.25	9:54AM 1.09		10:24PM 1.53	11:09AM 1.37		11:28PM 1.59	12:07PM 1.22		12:27AM 1.67	1:04PM 1.31		1:14AM 1.51	1:55PM 1.41		2:14AM 1.79		2:45PM 1.48
Low Tide / height (m)		2:46AM 0.70		2:47PM 0.70	3:46AM 0.45		3:48PM 0.47		5:04AM 0.59	4:57PM 0.44		5:55AM 0.28	6:02PM 0.38		6:51AM 0.18	7:02PM 0.30		7:43AM 0.09	7:57PM 0.22	8:02PM 0.44	8:33AM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	16	16	15	15	17	15	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	16	14	13	14	14	13	15
Low °C	18	16	15	16	14	14	17	14	15	17	15	15	16	15	15	15	13	13	14	13	12	15
Chill °C (?)	18	18	16	16	15	15	17	15	17	17	17	15	15	14	15	16	13	12	13	14	12	15
Sunrise	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-
Sunset	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 W	0.6 W	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	8	8	7	8	11	13	16	16	16	9	10	10	10	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.7 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07					Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wed
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Cemetery 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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s)	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1257	1275	1308	1864	2039	2112	2081	1845	1946	1379	1666	1501	1225	1016	916	831	753	798	798	1005	1138	1058
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
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
High Tide / height (m)					8:12PM 1.47				8:42AM 1.30				9:16PM 1.49				9:54AM 1.09				10:19PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		1:41PM 0.67					2:46AM 0.70				2:47PM 0.70				3:46AM 0.45				3:48PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	18	17	18	17	16	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	17	18	17	18	17	16	15	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	15	17	17	14	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	9	9	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	13	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 07															Monday 08
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery 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	Big Bay Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1414	1150	1257	1252	1271	1275	1292	2303	1308	1290	1919	1864	1837	2070	2039	2003	1434	2112	1504	1503	2081	1481
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	off	glass	off	off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													8:12PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)						1:41PM 0.67													2:35AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	15	16	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	15	16	15
Sunrise	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	12	13	13	13	13	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	-	0.3 SE	0.1 NW	0.3 SE	0.3 SE	0.1 NW	0.3 SE
Period (s)	12	9	9	9	9	9	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	11	13	11	11	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-