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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	Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Fri
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	1	3	0	0	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	2.2 SSE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	2.2 SE	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	8	8	8	8	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	404	958	1057	505	257	745	261	529	199	296	447	631	304	467	117	140	140	414	673	1552	2221	957
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		5:11PM 1.49		5:34AM 1.87	5:48PM 1.41		6:05AM 1.53	6:30PM 1.30		6:57AM 1.67	7:27PM 1.45		7:55AM 1.52		8:35PM 1.05	9:22AM 1.40		10:37PM 1.02	11:17AM 1.12		12:22AM 1.12	12:44PM 1.22
Low Tide / height (m)	11:08AM 0.05		11:17PM 0.35	11:47AM 0.38		11:47PM 0.16	12:24PM 0.19		12:33AM 0.55	1:17PM 0.59		1:26AM 0.68		2:17PM 0.45	2:35AM 0.56		4:18PM 0.78	4:52AM 0.59		6:03PM 0.46		6:37AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-
High °C	23	26	24	22	26	24	23	21	22	22	20	20	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18
Low °C	20	26	20	20	25	20	20	21	17	19	19	20	20	22	17	18	20	18	18	19	16	17
Chill °C (?)	23	26	24	22	26	24	23	21	22	22	20	20	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	19	17	17
Sunrise	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	7:34	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:28	-	-	7:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	11	8	10	10	13	8	9	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.8 SW	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SSE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SE	0.5 W	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.3 WNW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	14	11	13	13	10	14	13	8	8	8	8	11	7	6	6	11	12	19	13	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	2.2 SE	0.3 NW	0.8 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	3	4	8	3	3	3	8	4	7	4	4	-	-	-	-	4

	Thu	Friday 20								Saturday 21								Sunday 22
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg 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	The Hoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	14
Energy(?)	1222	1439	1091	1277	1049	530	632	1147	643	1057	966	767	628	524	535	861	793	636	591	514	550	299
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			4:58AM 1.91					5:11PM 1.49				5:34AM 1.87				5:53PM 1.68				6:05AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	10:40PM 0.03					11:09AM 0.05				11:17PM 0.35				11:44AM 0.10				11:47PM 0.16				12:24PM 0.19
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	20	22	24	24	26	22	21	20	21	24	25	25	25	23	22	20	19	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	22	24	24	26	22	21	20	21	24	25	25	25	23	22	20	19	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 S	0.9 SW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.6 WNW	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	8	11	8	8	8	8	8	13	8	8	8	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	1.4 S	0.7 WNW	1.3 SSE	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.1 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	8	14	7	14	14	14	11	8	11	11	11	10	10	10	13	13	10	13	15	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	-	3	4	3

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg 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	The Hoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	2.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	1319	1204	1493	1497	1617	635	540	1259	1091	1081	1257	1277	1209	1204	1049	1166	838	530	1203	1120	1107	942
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									4:58AM 1.91													5:11PM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)			10:43PM 0.31													11:11AM 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	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	25	25	24	21	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	20	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	22	22	25	25	24	20	20	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.3 S	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.7 NW	1.2 SSE	0.7 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	12	12	15	15	15	15	14	8	14	14	7	7	7	7	14	7	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE	2.5 SE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7