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 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			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	Kamer Van Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	0	0	4	3	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	4	0	5	4	0	4	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 S	2.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SE	2.4 SSE	1.7 SE	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	14	13	13	12	7	8	7	16	15	13	13	13	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	925	2138	999	1947	1053	443	883	386	437	982	358	383	867	2078	1142	2704	3861	1545	2544	1807	546	647
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:55AM 1.20	12:59PM 1.36		1:30AM 1.29	1:31PM 1.40		2:01AM 1.33		2:03PM 1.43	2:31AM 1.36		2:33PM 1.44	3:01AM 1.38		3:10PM 1.68	3:38AM 1.62		3:36PM 1.42	4:03AM 1.36		4:08PM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)	6:52PM 0.32		6:53AM 0.39	7:26PM 0.25		7:29AM 0.35	7:56PM 0.21		8:01AM 0.31		8:25PM 0.17	8:32AM 0.28		8:53PM 0.15	9:01AM 0.54		9:23PM 0.40	9:33AM 0.28		9:52PM 0.18	10:04AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
High °C	19	17	19	24	19	21	25	19	19	24	17	20	24	18	21	26	19	23	26	19	19	22
Low °C	19	16	16	23	14	15	22	16	18	20	15	16	23	16	17	25	17	18	23	18	19	20
Chill °C (?)	18	15	18	24	18	21	25	18	18	24	15	20	24	17	21	26	18	23	26	18	19	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-
Sunset	7:25	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:32	-	-	7:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	13	12	11	11	10	16	15	13	13	13	16	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	9	16	18	15	15	16	13	18	10	14	13	13	19	12	13	18	12	12	12	12	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 S	0.8 SE	1.6 SSE	2.5 S	2.0 SSE	1.8 SE	2.4 SSE	1.7 SE	1.6 SSE	2.1 S	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.8 S	2.0 SSE	1.4 SE	2.2 S	2.1 SSE	1.7 SE	3.0 SSE	2.4 SE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S
Period (s)	8	4	6	8	7	7	8	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	7	6	6

	Saturday 15					Sunday 16								Monday 17								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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Kamer Van Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg 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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SSE	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	7	12	12	12	8	8	7	8	8	8	7
Energy(?)	310	414	617	1043	1526	2614	1685	2765	999	976	992	844	1111	1323	845	735	723	658	722	698	524	612
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	off	on	on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:22PM 1.31				12:55AM 1.21				12:59PM 1.36				1:29AM 1.27				1:32PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				6:52PM 0.32				6:53AM 0.39				7:26PM 0.25				7:34AM 0.58				7:55PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	17	16	15	15	16	19	18	18	18	16	14	14	15	21	22	20	22	19	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	15	15	15	14	14	15	18	16	16	17	15	13	13	14	21	22	19	22	19	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 S	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	10	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	1.4 SW	1.0 S	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	13	14	13	16	16	12	16	13	18	15	15	15	15	12	9	16	16	16	13	13	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SE	1.8 S	0.9 ESE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 S	2.0 SSE	1.4 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.0 S	1.6 S	1.9 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	6	5	8	4	6	6	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7

	Saturday 15															Sunday 16
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Kamer Van Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg 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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.4 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	2.5 S	1.3 SW	2.5 S	2.5 S	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12	16	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	252	267	310	316	394	710	465	868	617	755	860	1043	2388	2047	3092	3092	5926	2138	2134	3230	3343	2603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					12:23PM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)											6:52PM 0.32
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	17	17	18	18	20	19	20	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	20	18	20	18	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 W	0.2 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.7 SW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	9	10	13	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	12	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.4 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	9	13	13	14	20	13	19	9	13	13	16	16	13	16	13	13	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.2 S	1.8 S	2.4 S	1.7 S	1.7 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.5 S	2.1 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	2.5 S	0.8 SE	0.7 SE	1.8 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	6	6	12	8	12	12	12	4	4	8	6	6