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 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07
	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Little Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	5	0	3	4	0	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	0	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	1.7 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.4 SE	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	11	13	6	7	7	6	6	6	12	12	11	10	10	16
Energy(?)	5497	1649	1332	1417	430	593	555	425	365	654	506	665	675	353	458	314	560	401	355	207	263	519
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:00AM 1.52		3:13PM 1.56	3:43AM 1.87		3:52PM 1.55	4:20AM 1.90		4:29PM 1.53	4:50AM 1.64		5:03PM 1.49		5:23AM 1.59	5:37PM 1.39		5:55AM 1.50	6:09PM 1.29		6:27AM 1.39	6:44PM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)	8:48PM 0.08	9:11AM 0.13		9:31PM 0.31	9:51AM 0.07		10:07PM 0.30	10:29AM 0.06		10:37PM 0.02	11:05AM 0.09		11:09PM 0.09	11:39AM 0.15		11:39PM 0.17	12:11PM 0.24		12:09AM 0.28	12:44PM 0.34		12:45AM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	22	26	21	20	22	20	26	23	23	24	24	23	22	24	22	20	22	22	23	26	24
Low °C	20	21	24	20	20	22	20	21	23	22	22	24	22	21	24	20	20	22	21	21	22	21
Chill °C (?)	20	22	26	21	20	22	20	26	23	23	24	24	23	22	24	22	20	22	22	23	26	24
Sunrise	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:45	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SSW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	12	12	11	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 WNW	0.5 SW	1.2 SE	0.5 SE	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	16	16	12	6	11	10	11	16	16	10	15	10	6	6	16	16	19	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	-	0.6 SE	1.2 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.6 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SE	2.3 SE	2.3 SE	1.5 SSE	1.9 S	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	0.4 SSW	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 S	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	5	-	5	6	6	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	6	6

	Saturday 31			Sunday 01								Monday 02								Tuesday 03
	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	Koeel Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Little Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	0	0	4	6	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	18	17	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	665	1691	1746	5497	4569	4320	3419	1500	1340	869	893	922	1136	1000	1054	701	336	329	285	548	422	496
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- 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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:29PM 1.48				2:59AM 1.52				3:13PM 1.53				3:39AM 1.61				3:52PM 1.55				4:15AM 1.65
Low Tide / height (m)			8:50PM 0.09				9:16AM 0.40				9:28PM 0.02				9:51AM 0.07				10:04PM -0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	21	20	20	21	23	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	20	20	21	23	22	21	20	20	21	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09
Sunset	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	10	17	14	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	18	10	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	12	16	16	16	11	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.8 S	1.0 S	-	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	5	5	6	-	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	5

	Saturday 31	Sunday 01
	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	Koeel Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Little Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	0	0	4	6	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	2	0	0	0	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	416	532	500	1322	2449	2443	4049	2324	2746	2833	2946	2093	4772	4772	4569	4929	2191	2130	1900	3629	3261	3419
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	2:29PM 1.48												2:59AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)							8:52PM 0.37													9:10AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	21	21	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	10	10	18	10	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	19	18	10	18	10	10	10	10	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	-	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-