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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	Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wed
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Moonlight Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	2	3	2	3	3	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	4	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.7 SE	2.4 SSE	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	13	13	12	19	18	16	14	14	13	6	7	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11
Energy(?)	210	202	453	551	535	424	244	287	605	728	1466	888	400	757	438	212	518	522	292	996	1001	387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	12:36PM 1.41		1:23AM 1.32	1:36PM 1.48		2:16AM 1.43		2:29PM 1.56	3:04AM 1.51		3:17PM 1.56	3:49AM 1.56		4:03PM 1.55	4:33AM 1.58		4:47PM 1.50		5:15AM 1.57	5:28PM 1.42		5:55AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)		7:10PM 0.18		7:26AM 0.30		8:05PM 0.11	8:22AM 0.21		8:52PM 0.04	9:12AM 0.14		9:37PM 0.01	9:59AM 0.11		10:19PM 0.02	10:45AM 0.12		10:59PM 0.05	11:29AM 0.17		11:38PM 0.13	12:12PM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	24	22	21	25	21	22	24	20	21	23	21	23	30	20	23	20	20	22	25	20	22
Low °C	22	23	20	20	24	20	21	23	19	20	23	19	21	28	18	19	20	20	21	23	19	21
Chill °C (?)	24	24	22	21	25	21	22	24	20	21	23	21	23	30	19	23	20	20	22	25	20	22
Sunrise	5:35	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	7:59	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:01	-	-	8:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 WSW	1.4 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.4 ESE	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 W	0.3 SE	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.7 SW	0.8 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	8	10	13	10	4	19	18	8	7	15	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	11	11	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 S	1.0 S	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SE	2.4 SSE	1.8 SE	1.0 SE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	4	5	4	4	-	-	3	4	5	6	6	6	7	6	5	5	4	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 31							Thursday 01								Friday 02
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Moonlight Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	19	18	18
Energy(?)	250	293	343	190	204	407	334	278	448	531	518	665	593	600	544	520	467	553	575	516	418	1039
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)				12:36PM 1.41				1:24AM 1.33				1:36PM 1.48					2:16AM 1.42				2:29PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)		6:22AM 0.39				7:11PM 0.19				7:26AM 0.30					8:04PM 0.10				8:22AM 0.21
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	21	25	24	23	22	21	21	20	20	25	21	21	21	21	20	19	21	21	24	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	21	25	24	23	22	21	21	20	20	25	21	21	21	21	20	19	21	21	24	22	21
Sunrise	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 W	0.3 ESE	0.8 W	0.8 W	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	8	10	10	14	10	13	13	10	10	18	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSE	0.7 S	0.7 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSE	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	-	2	3	-

	Wednesday 31																					Thu
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Moonlight Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg
Rating	2	2	2	0	0	2	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	254	250	250	124	141	351	385	165	343	395	357	394	394	393	391	386	381	455	473	417	230	334
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)											12:36PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)					6:22AM 0.39													7:11PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	21	22	23	24	24	25	23	26	23	23	23	22	24	23	21	21	21	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	21	22	23	24	24	25	23	26	23	23	23	22	24	23	21	21	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:59	8:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	-	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.9 WSW	0.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.8 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	-	11	10	10	10	10	7	7	10	15	11	11	15	15	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.7 S	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.8 S	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 SE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	-	-	8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	3