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 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	3	3	4	3	4	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	8	9	7	6	6	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s)	13	14	14	13	13	13	16	14	13	12	12	13	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	13
Energy	768	625	1019	864	1136	1963	5262	3479	2241	1394	1143	1900	7806	8302	6229	5387	5373	4586	1810	2221	1792	2305
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:00AM 1.32		9:38PM 1.25	10:20AM 1.08		10:47PM 1.27	11:29AM 1.10		11:53PM 1.54	12:32PM 1.39		12:30AM 1.33	1:07PM 1.21		1:10AM 1.35	1:45PM 1.26		1:57AM 1.62		2:19PM 1.31	2:22AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)		3:06PM 0.45	4:17AM 0.45		4:22PM 0.48		5:27AM 0.41	5:37PM 0.69		6:28AM 0.57	6:21PM 0.44		7:02AM 0.30	7:11PM 0.62		7:38AM 0.25	7:45PM 0.37		8:12AM 0.22		8:20PM 0.34	8:44AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-
High °C	16	18	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	18	17	16	17	16	15	17	15	16	16	16	15
Low °C	15	17	16	15	18	16	17	18	16	16	18	15	15	16	15	14	16	14	15	16	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	18	17	17	19	17	17	19	17	17	18	17	16	17	16	14	16	14	15	15	16	14
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39
Sunset	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 WSW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	14	13	13	13	16	14	13	12	12	13	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	8	13	16	16	11	11	10	10	10	15	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-

	Fri	Saturday 23								Sunday 24								Monday 25
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	16	14
Energy	573	766	1065	931	768	683	625	742	1003	1019	800	810	864	1025	1136	1518	1860	1963	2325	3044	5262	4436
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	8:23PM 1.27				9:00AM 1.32				9:38PM 1.25				10:20AM 1.08				10:47PM 1.27					11:29AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)			2:54AM 0.45				3:06PM 0.45				4:28AM 0.67				4:22PM 0.48					5:26AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	16	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	17	17	18	17	16	16	17	16	17	18
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	17	17	18	17	16	16	17	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	11	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	16	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.6 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	9	8	8	14	14	13	13	13	16	16	16	12	11	11	11	18	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 22	Saturday 23
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) 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	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town
Rating	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Energy	772	690	573	715	701	766	768	757	1065	791	809	931	767	897	768	774	766	683	527	887	625	686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:24PM 1.51												9:00AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)								3:06AM 0.69												3:06PM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 SSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-