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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	Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thu
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	4	3	0	3	2	0	5	4	0	4	4	0	3	2	0	3	2	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.1 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	18	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	6	6	12	11	11	6
Energy(?)	829	1695	951	451	564	640	207	792	5087	1520	2261	1626	455	618	517	285	591	242	447	240	197	251
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross	on	glass	on	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	12:37PM 1.30		1:24AM 1.27	1:45PM 1.64		2:16AM 1.40		2:29PM 1.48	2:59AM 1.52		3:13PM 1.53	3:39AM 1.61		3:52PM 1.55	4:16AM 1.65		4:29PM 1.53	4:50AM 1.64		5:04PM 1.47		5:23AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)		7:14PM 0.56		7:38AM 0.60		8:04PM 0.17	8:25AM 0.22		8:48PM 0.08	9:10AM 0.12		9:27PM 0.02	9:57AM 0.35		10:04PM -0.00	10:29AM 0.06		10:37PM 0.02	11:05AM 0.09		11:09PM 0.08	11:39AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
High °C	21	25	22	22	25	21	21	24	20	21	23	19	19	23	20	23	24	23	24	25	23	22
Low °C	18	24	19	20	24	20	20	23	20	20	22	19	19	22	20	20	23	22	23	23	21	21
Chill °C (?)	21	25	22	22	25	21	21	24	20	21	23	18	19	23	20	23	24	23	24	25	23	22
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Sunset	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:49	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.1 NW	1.1 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.1 S	0.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	18	-	-	-	16	17	16	12	10	10	10	11	10	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 SE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.6 SSE	1.0 S	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.3 SE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SE	1.4 SE	0.7 SSW	2.2 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	5	6	5	4	5	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	5	6	5	6	6	6	4	7	6

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	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	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Energy(?)	1117	2174	2313	1883	1735	771	782	682	1594	1243	1069	803	786	375	286	649	646	500	536	413	430	225
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	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 Tide / height (m)		12:21AM 1.41				12:36PM 1.29				1:24AM 1.27				1:39PM 1.39					2:16AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				6:29AM 0.72				7:11PM 0.29				7:32AM 0.34					8:04PM 0.17				8:25AM 0.22
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	17	18	16	18	23	22	21	21	22	20	19	21	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	21	21	22
Chill °C (?)	16	17	16	18	23	22	21	21	22	20	19	21	23	22	22	21	20	20	20	21	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	6	13	-	-	13	13	13	6	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	11	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.7 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	-	0.9 SE	0.7 SSE	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	-	0.7 S	-	0.5 S	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	-	4	4	4	4	-	4	-	4	3	3

	Wednesday 28	Thursday 29
	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	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	2	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	0	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1134	2561	2154	2283	2283	1141	1132	1029	2313	2173	1935	1816	1853	909	829	1689	1689	1686	702	1695	1446	794
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					12:21AM 1.41												12:35PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)											6:22AM 0.47
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	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	18	19	20	21	21	21	25	27	26	21	21
Chill °C (?)	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	18	19	20	21	21	21	25	27	26	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	13	13	13	13	13	-	13	13	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SSE
Period (s)	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6