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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	Sat	Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	11	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	9547	5487	4271	2744	2026	1606	1570	676	849	450	491	565	981	1134	2403	3246	4030	3915	2658	1491	1801	1107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:54AM 1.69		4:05PM 1.60	4:18AM 1.47		4:34PM 1.59	4:47AM 1.43		5:10PM 1.73		5:17AM 1.36	5:29PM 1.47		5:44AM 1.29	5:57PM 1.37		6:15AM 1.18	6:28PM 1.24		6:51AM 1.07	7:06PM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)	9:53PM 0.34	9:54AM 0.07		10:19PM 0.10	10:23AM 0.09		10:49PM 0.13	10:50AM 0.15		11:17PM 0.18	11:17AM 0.23		11:44PM 0.26	11:42AM 0.32		12:16AM 0.58	12:10PM 0.42		12:45AM 0.45	12:42PM 0.53		1:39AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	1
High °C	14	14	14	12	14	15	13	13	14	12	14	17	14	16	16	15	14	15	15	16	17	15
Low °C	14	13	13	11	13	15	11	11	13	11	11	16	13	13	15	13	14	14	14	13	16	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	13	11	13	14	11	12	12	10	13	16	13	16	16	15	12	14	14	15	16	14
Sunrise	-	7:15	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:25	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	11	16	16	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 S	0.8 SW	0.3 S	-	0.2 S	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	20	20	12	16	16	15	13	12	9	17	9	-	9	9	24	22	21	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.2 SSE	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.8 S	-	-	0.6 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	4	4	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	0	5	5	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	14	13	12	11	12	11
Energy(?)	11279	5338	4932	6871	5796	6472	5893	3753	4103	3409	3065	2744	2283	2044	1914	1816	2142	2218	1616	1570	1529	1364
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	3:40PM 1.79				3:47AM 1.49				4:11PM 1.80				4:18AM 1.47				4:34PM 1.58				4:48AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			9:49PM 0.10				9:55AM 0.07				10:19PM 0.10				10:23AM 0.09				10:49PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	11	11	12	14	14	14	14	13	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	13	12	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	10	12	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13
Sunset	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	14	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5

	Saturday 23	Sunday 24
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	0	5	5	7	6	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	10248	5530	5530	8640	8640	9547	11742	7888	9961	9002	8741	9002	8220	8354	7738	7255	7629	7152	5948	5778	5295	5217
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:35PM 1.58												3:47AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)								9:49PM 0.10												9:54AM 0.07
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	13	13	13	13	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-