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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	Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wed
	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	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	1.5 SW	3.0 S	1.4 SW	1.9 SE	1.9 S	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	11	6	10	6	8	8	14	13	8	12	7	8	7	6	15	13	13
Energy(?)	1581	1028	750	972	1370	469	340	214	247	313	615	3805	1005	1795	1318	494	672	338	405	787	292	322
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:09AM 1.17		9:52PM 1.03	10:33AM 1.19		11:25PM 1.31	11:44AM 1.50		12:13AM 1.14	12:23PM 1.33		12:55AM 1.20	12:59PM 1.36		1:29AM 1.27	1:31PM 1.40		2:01AM 1.33		2:03PM 1.43	2:31AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		3:50PM 0.52	4:03AM 0.52		5:14PM 0.47		5:27AM 0.73	6:11PM 0.39		6:14AM 0.45	6:52PM 0.32		6:53AM 0.39	7:26PM 0.25		7:29AM 0.35	7:55PM 0.20		8:01AM 0.31		8:25PM 0.17	8:32AM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	18	18	24	20	18	19	18	17	17	16	20	26	20	20	27	20	19	22	18	20
Low °C	18	18	16	16	23	16	16	18	16	17	17	15	17	24	14	15	25	16	17	19	16	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	17	24	20	17	18	17	16	15	14	19	26	20	20	27	20	18	22	17	19
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	7:23	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:29	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.2 WNW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	9	12	16	13	13	8	11	11	10	16	15	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	1.4 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 SE
Period (s)	11	10	13	15	14	11	10	10	9	13	13	12	18	15	12	16	13	14	10	14	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	1.1 SSE	1.9 S	1.4 SE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 S	3.0 SSW	1.8 SE	3.0 S	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 S	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	2.0 S	1.2 SSE	0.7 S
Period (s)	6	5	-	5	6	6	6	5	6	8	8	14	6	8	7	7	8	7	6	7	6	5

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	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	7	6	6	10	10
Energy(?)	1962	1356	1581	920	1028	853	1055	1634	990	1158	972	797	735	655	1029	854	733	745	340	264	214	119
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:08AM 1.16				9:58PM 1.26				10:33AM 1.19					11:16PM 1.07				11:36AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)					3:50PM 0.53				4:08AM 0.53					5:14PM 0.47				5:18AM 0.49				6:11PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	19	18	18	18	19	18	17	15	18	18	19	20	20	21	18	17	19	18	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	18	18	19	18	16	14	18	17	18	19	20	21	18	17	19	17	17	18	17
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSE	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	16	16	11	10	10	16	16	16	15	13	15	15	15	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 S	1.4 S	1.3 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	11	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	5

	Wednesday 12																					Thu
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2330	2107	1995	1343	1870	1583	1455	1581	464	461	584	553	545	515	1016	985	877	853	438	558	524	627
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)								9:09AM 1.17												9:52PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)														3:50PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	18	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	18	18	18	18	19	20	18	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 SW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSE	0.8 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	11	16	16	11	11	16	16	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	16	16	6	9	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.5 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	-	6	6	6	-	-	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	6	6	-	-