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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	Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Mon
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	4	2	0	2	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	11	12	12	11	7	13	8	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13
Energy	680	1030	1119	1260	560	806	1197	1343	1596	1385	1277	1165	1065	627	1014	347	367	215	1341	1236	1541	1655
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	on	off	on	on	on	on	on	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		4:06PM 1.58	4:05AM 1.58		4:34PM 1.33	4:40AM 1.34		5:10PM 1.30		5:14AM 1.27	5:49PM 1.27		5:53AM 1.21	6:31PM 1.25		6:36AM 1.17	7:19PM 1.23		7:35AM 1.33		8:12PM 1.47	8:40AM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)	9:46AM 0.43		10:00PM 0.59	10:21AM 0.23		10:35PM 0.35	10:55AM 0.26		11:13PM 0.40	11:29AM 0.30		11:53PM 0.44	12:06PM 0.35		12:38AM 0.48	12:48PM 0.40		1:31AM 0.51	1:41PM 0.67		2:46AM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	17	16	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	16	15	16	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	14
Low °C	17	18	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	13	11	15	11	12	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	18	19	17	15	13	12	12	11	11	13	12	15	15	16	15	12	13	12	14	15	15	13
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45
Sunset	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.7 SW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 S	1.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	13	12	7	10	11	11	10	10	10	15	11	16	15	14	13	12	10	10	9	8	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.8 S	1.5 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 N	0.3 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	-	-

	Sun	Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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	Beach Road 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	Platboom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period(s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	8	9
Energy	603	556	605	596	680	1012	1030	1328	1112	1119	1222	888	1260	507	560	745	874	806	968	961	1197	1359
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	on	on	on	on	off	on	on	on	on
Tide State	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			3:33AM 1.61				4:06PM 1.58				4:04AM 1.36				4:34PM 1.33				4:39AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)	9:28PM 0.31				9:46AM 0.43				10:00PM 0.59				10:21AM 0.23				10:37PM 0.36				10:55AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	18	17	18	17	18	17	17	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	18	18	17	18	17	18	16	17	16	17	16	15	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 W
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	11	7	11	10	11	10	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 ESE	1.3 S	1.8 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	2.4 SSE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	9

	Sunday 31			Monday 01
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) 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	Platboom Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period(s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Energy	607	603	603	571	565	556	616	605	605	602	602	596	660	680	680	748	760	1012	1064	516	1030	1216
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:33AM 1.61												3:59PM 1.34	4:06PM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)		9:28PM 0.31												9:46AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	17	17	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	17	17	18	18	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.3 SW	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.3 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-