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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	Thu		Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thu
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	2	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	2.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.2 SE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SE	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	6	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	7	7	7	9	6	12	12	11	10	10	15	11	11
Energy(?)	336	200	182	300	286	175	346	150	341	635	685	261	388	274	268	462	191	168	114	151	1006	1476
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	on	on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:37PM 1.39		5:55AM 1.50	6:08PM 1.30		6:27AM 1.39	6:44PM 1.18		6:59AM 1.27	7:19PM 1.07		7:38AM 1.14		8:16PM 0.96	8:42AM 1.03		10:00PM 0.90	10:38AM 0.98		12:14AM 0.95	12:21PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)		11:39PM 0.17	12:11PM 0.24		12:08AM 0.28	12:44PM 0.34		12:39AM 0.40	1:18PM 0.45		1:11AM 0.52		2:06PM 0.56	2:01AM 0.64		3:34PM 0.63	3:52AM 0.72		5:54PM 0.62		6:23AM 0.67	7:04PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	25	21	21	25	20	20	20	20	20	25	20	21	24	21	23	25	22	24	23	22	22	25
Low °C	24	20	20	23	20	20	19	19	19	24	20	20	23	20	21	24	21	22	22	21	21	25
Chill °C (?)	25	21	21	25	20	20	20	20	20	25	19	21	24	21	23	25	22	24	23	22	22	25
Sunrise	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-
Sunset	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:42
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	13	9	9	9	9	12	12	11	10	10	15	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 SSW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.5 S	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	15	12	6	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	11	13	13	12	21	9	8	13	18	18	14	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.0 S	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	-	1.1 SE	2.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.2 SE	0.8 SSE	1.4 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.4 S	0.7 SSW	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	1.8 S
Period (s)	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	-	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	6	5	5	6	7	7

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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	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	10	11	6	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	215	157	138	198	377	425	394	389	182	181	178	169	295	295	364	357	311	286	167	335	397	351
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:36PM 1.40				5:55AM 1.50				6:09PM 1.29				6:27AM 1.39				6:44PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		11:39AM 0.15				11:40PM 0.18				12:11PM 0.24				12:09AM 0.29				12:43PM 0.35				12:39AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	22	22	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	19
Chill °C (?)	25	22	22	21	20	20	20	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	15	15	9	13	13	12	9	6	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	-	-

	Thursday 05															Friday 06
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	0.8 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	6	10	6	11
Energy(?)	216	126	126	217	211	291	305	319	138	138	171	169	326	399	405	375	295	313	199	382	394	407
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:37PM 1.39												5:55AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)				11:39AM 0.16												11:40PM 0.18
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	25	25	25	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	25	25	25	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.1 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	10	10	10	10	15	15	15	14	14	15	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.9 SSE	0.9 S	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	5	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6