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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	Wed	Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory 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
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	1.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW
Period(s)	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	13
Energy	1055	1005	727	915	843	1621	1480	542	341	569	1132	1334	3101	2373	1239	1027	1017	1161	1158	1328	1436	2054
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:14AM 1.27	5:49PM 1.27		5:53AM 1.21	6:31PM 1.25		6:36AM 1.15	7:19PM 1.23		7:35AM 1.33		8:14PM 1.23	8:42AM 1.30		9:16PM 1.49	9:53AM 1.09		10:24PM 1.53	11:09AM 1.37		11:28PM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	11:13PM 0.40	11:29AM 0.30		11:53PM 0.44	12:06PM 0.35		12:38AM 0.48	12:48PM 0.39		1:31AM 0.50	1:41PM 0.67		2:36AM 0.50		2:38PM 0.46	3:57AM 0.66		3:59PM 0.69		5:04AM 0.59	5:08PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	heavy rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
High °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	15	16	15	15	17	15	14	16	16	17	18	16
Low °C	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	15	13	14	16	14	14	16	14	14	16	15	16	17	15
Chill °C (?)	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	13	14	13	14	15	15	15	17	15	14	16	16	17	18	16
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 SE	1.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 WSW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 SE	0.2 SSE	1.0 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.5 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	10	15	11	16	15	13	12	12	11	9	15	11	13	11	7	7	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	-	-	-	1.8 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04								Friday 05								Saturday 06
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period(s)	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy	1055	1187	1204	1055	1060	1078	1005	851	727	580	931	915	829	843	843	1560	1621	1524	1561	1480	1385	1331
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- 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	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:10PM 1.30				5:14AM 1.27				5:48PM 1.29				5:53AM 1.21				6:31PM 1.25				6:36AM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)				11:13PM 0.40				11:29AM 0.30				11:53PM 0.44				12:06PM 0.34				12:38AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	11	13	11	11	13	11	13	13	13	12	13	14	14	13	13	14	15	14	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	14	11	11	10	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 03	Thursday 04
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period(s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10
Energy	1001	1039	1055	1123	1146	1187	1187	1183	1204	1162	1059	1055	1074	1041	1060	1075	1077	1078	1097	1044	1005	938
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)				5:10PM 1.30												5:14AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)										11:13PM 0.40												11:29AM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Chill °C (?)	13	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10