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 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Sat
	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	Sunset Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town
Rating	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	0	0	4	4	3	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	6	6	7
Energy(?)	1144	716	618	859	826	552	738	537	993	2038	2180	1318	1152	512	872	1278	432	294	218	212	267	901
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:05PM 1.74		5:39AM 1.66	5:52PM 1.35		6:30AM 1.29	6:55PM 1.43		7:41AM 1.20		8:14PM 1.07	9:09AM 1.17		9:53PM 1.03	10:38AM 1.44		11:16PM 1.06	11:36AM 1.25		12:13AM 1.14	12:21PM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)		11:19PM 0.13	11:45AM 0.54		12:11AM 0.52	12:45PM 0.41		1:14AM 0.66		2:08PM 0.50	2:32AM 0.49		3:50PM 0.53	4:03AM 0.52		5:15PM 0.48		5:17AM 0.49	6:14PM 0.42		6:11AM 0.44	6:52PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	22	25	24	24	21	20	19	23	17	21	23	18	17	21	17	18	18	17	17	21
Low °C	21	20	21	23	19	22	19	19	18	21	17	19	21	16	17	20	16	17	18	16	16	20
Chill °C (?)	23	23	22	25	24	24	21	20	18	23	16	21	23	18	16	21	16	17	17	15	15	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-
Sunset	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:25
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.2 WSW	1.2 SW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 W	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	11	16	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	11	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 W	-	0.8 S	0.6 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 W
Period (s)	-	-	7	7	6	6	20	18	12	18	-	6	10	14	13	15	-	10	10	9	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SSE	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 SSE	2.5 S
Period (s)	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	12	6	6	-	4	-	-	5	5	5	5	6	6	7

	Saturday 08					Sunday 09								Monday 10								Tue
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	0	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	18	18
Energy(?)	690	474	803	669	753	1195	1147	912	618	662	757	1090	1007	1114	880	693	514	308	565	802	1068	1156
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	on	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
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	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:01PM 1.50				5:39AM 1.66				5:52PM 1.35				6:29AM 1.31				6:52PM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)	10:53AM 0.42					11:19PM 0.13				11:43AM 0.28				12:10AM 0.27				12:45PM 0.40				1:12AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	27	23	24	27	22	20	23	23	22	24	23	23	23	20	18	22	22	24	21	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	27	23	24	27	22	20	23	23	22	24	23	23	23	20	18	22	22	24	21	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SE	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	7	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	7	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SE	0.4 SSE	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	7	7	7	16	13	6	6	9	7	7	20	20	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.2 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	-	-	1.3 SE	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 W	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	6	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	3	3	4	4	-	-

	Saturday 08															Sunday 09
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	0	3	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	400	279	690	474	994	968	688	771	590	659	726	1332	1284	1238	753	816	745	517	670	794	695	740
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	glass	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)									5:00PM 1.50													5:34AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			10:53AM 0.42													11:19PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	27	30	27	23	26	24	21	23	23	23	21	20	22	19	20	20	19	19	24	23
Chill °C (?)	23	23	27	30	27	23	26	24	21	23	23	23	21	20	22	18	20	20	19	19	24	23
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.0 SSE	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	7	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 S	0.8 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 S
Period (s)	10	10	16	6	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.2 SE	1.6 SE	-	1.2 SSE	2.0 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.4 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	7	-	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	7	6	6	-	-