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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	Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19			Wednesday 20			Thursday 21			Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sun
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg
Rating	2	2	3	3	5	5	4	4	3	2	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	9	6	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.6 W	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	15	14	17	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	10	13	12	13	14	13
Energy(?)	281	273	385	488	1062	4509	1443	2111	1385	381	632	970	605	513	343	716	929	3668	4708	7015	8936	5384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	glass	cross- on	off	cross	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:44AM 1.05		10:26PM 1.38	11:35AM 1.08		12:04AM 1.41	12:55PM 1.41		1:09AM 1.27	1:49PM 1.54		1:59AM 1.36		2:31PM 1.66	2:39AM 1.45		3:07PM 1.74	3:22AM 1.68		3:35PM 1.58	3:47AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)		4:02PM 0.77		5:13AM 0.48	5:46PM 0.53		6:40AM 0.61	7:04PM 0.42		7:37AM 0.51	7:57PM 0.31		8:16AM 0.19		8:39PM 0.21	8:57AM 0.37		9:21PM 0.37	9:29AM 0.33		9:49PM 0.10	9:58AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	-	1	-	-	6	2	2	-	-
High °C	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	17	14	16	17	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12
Low °C	13	16	15	15	16	14	14	16	14	14	16	14	14	15	13	13	14	13	13	13	11	11
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	16	14	15	17	14	15	16	14	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	11
Sunrise	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:18	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:13
Sunset	-	6:16	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:19	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:21	-	-	6:21	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.8 W	0.8 WSW	1.1 SW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.4 W	1.5 SW	3.0 SW	-	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	11	8	6	8	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	13	-	13	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 W	1.7 W	0.1 S	1.0 W	0.4 WNW	0.1 S	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	1.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.4 SW	0.2 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	11	14	17	8	9	12	9	10	10	9	14	18	11	16	9	15	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.9 WNW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NW	-	0.4 NW	-	1.6 W	0.6 W	4.0 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	8	3	3	-	3	-	10	10	12	-	-	-

	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19
	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	15	12	15	14	14	14	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	466	326	318	375	273	281	389	408	552	674	797	585	639	1024	4975	4509	3482	3140	3347	1223	1100	1796
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:47AM 1.27				10:26PM 1.38					11:34AM 1.07				12:04AM 1.41				12:52PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	3:23AM 0.48				3:49PM 0.56					5:19AM 0.68				5:51PM 0.74				6:40AM 0.61				7:08PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	light rain	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	14	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	15	18	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	17	17	15
Chill °C (?)	11	12	13	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	18	15	14	14	14	14	13	15	17	17	15
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SE	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 W	0.9 SW	1.1 W	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	12	8	8	14	14	7	18	8	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 W	0.6 W	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 W	0.5 SW	1.1 W	1.1 SW	1.7 W	1.5 W	1.5 W	1.0 WNW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 W
Period (s)	11	16	15	11	11	14	7	7	18	8	17	8	12	9	18	9	9	9	9	12	12	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 NW	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	1.0 W	-	2.3 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	8	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 17																					Mon
	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SE	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	15	15	12	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	430	342	341	380	326	326	322	310	305	285	516	266	262	282	339	332	325	281	281	90	89	419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)								9:46AM 1.04													10:21PM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)		3:37AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Chill °C (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	12	14	15	17	17	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.7 W	0.7 SE	0.7 WNW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	8	12	8	8	8	8	6	7	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SE	0.5 W	0.4 W	0.7 SE	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 W
Period (s)	11	5	5	11	16	16	16	16	12	15	11	15	15	11	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 WNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 NNW	0.7 WNW	0.6 NW	0.7 NW	0.8 NW	0.6 WNW	0.9 NW	0.7 NW	0.9 NW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.9 WNW	-	-	0.7 WNW	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	6	-	-