Cape Town Surf

Cape Town Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Cape Town Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Cape Town Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Cape Town Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Cape Town Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Cape Town Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Cape Town Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Cape Town Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Cape Town Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Cape Town Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			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	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.0 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.2 W	1.8 SSW
Period(s)	12	12	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	12
Energy	1131	532	1135	1200	1431	1072	2040	1761	1022	1019	1069	1499	1117	1021	1119	1220	778	1018	1174	962	723	1177
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)		7:19PM 1.23		7:35AM 1.33		8:14PM 1.23	8:42AM 1.30		9:16PM 1.49	9:53AM 1.09		10:24PM 1.53	11:09AM 1.37		11:21PM 1.36	12:13PM 1.45		12:19AM 1.44	1:04PM 1.32		1:22AM 1.74	1:56PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	12:48PM 0.39		1:31AM 0.50	1:41PM 0.67		2:35AM 0.50		2:47PM 0.70	3:57AM 0.66		3:47PM 0.47		5:04AM 0.59	4:57PM 0.44		6:04AM 0.50	6:02PM 0.37		6:51AM 0.17	7:02PM 0.30		7:43AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	-	-	-
High °C	14	16	15	16	18	16	13	15	15	14	16	14	15	17	17	17	16	15	15	16	15	13
Low °C	14	16	15	14	17	14	12	14	14	14	15	14	14	16	16	17	16	13	15	15	12	13
Chill °C (?)	14	16	14	16	18	16	12	15	15	14	16	14	15	17	17	17	15	14	15	15	14	13
Sunrise	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48
Sunset	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SE	1.0 SSE	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	8	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.3 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 W
Period (s)	12	12	14	9	12	11	6	5	12	12	10	7	11	11	11	11	11	10	16	13	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 WNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	0.4 NNW	-	-	0.4 SE	1.0 ESE
Period (s)	-	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	-	-	3	4

	Fri	Saturday 06								Sunday 07								Monday 08
	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	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy	1143	1625	1437	1419	1131	514	532	588	1010	1135	1086	533	1200	1379	1431	1800	1009	1072	1047	1057	2040	1860
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	glass
Tide State	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:36AM 1.16				7:19PM 1.23				7:31AM 1.11					8:14PM 1.23				8:42AM 1.30
Low Tide / height (m)		12:38AM 0.48				12:48PM 0.39				1:31AM 0.50				1:38PM 0.43					2:35AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	10	8	-
Temp. °C	14	14	13	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	16	17	17	16	16	16	14	13	12	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	12	14	13	16	16	14	14	14	14	13	16	16	17	16	15	15	13	13	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 WSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	11	10	13	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 SSE	1.4 SW	0.4 SE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	13	9	14	12	-	12	11	11	11	6	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NNW	0.3 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.6 S	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	-	-

	Friday 05			Saturday 06
	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	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SW	1.4 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period(s)	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Energy	1075	1140	1143	1088	1027	1625	1616	1445	1437	1437	1429	1419	1302	1209	1131	1138	560	514	525	522	532	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:36AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)					12:38AM 0.48												12:48PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	12	14	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	2.0 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.7 SE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3