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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	Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tue
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	4	3	3	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.8 S	0.9 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	11	11	11	6	14	13	13	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	16	15
Energy(?)	242	645	356	260	151	543	797	2326	1023	781	1203	2136	2332	4522	3090	972	1824	1080	520	495	1311	553
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:42AM 1.03		10:05PM 0.90	10:40AM 0.98		12:15AM 0.95	12:22PM 1.04		1:15AM 1.07	1:16PM 1.15		1:53AM 1.19	1:55PM 1.26		2:25AM 1.32		2:29PM 1.36	2:54AM 1.44		3:01PM 1.45	3:23AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)		3:34PM 0.63	3:59AM 0.72		5:54PM 0.61		6:21AM 0.67	7:05PM 0.51		7:21AM 0.56	7:44PM 0.39		7:59AM 0.45		8:16PM 0.28	8:32AM 0.33		8:45PM 0.18	9:02AM 0.23		9:13PM 0.10	9:33AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	26	22	21	22	21	19	20	19	20	19	19	19	22	20	20	24	22	24	32	23	22
Low °C	21	25	21	21	22	19	19	20	19	18	19	18	19	21	15	16	24	19	21	29	21	20
Chill °C (?)	22	26	22	21	22	21	18	20	18	20	18	18	18	22	20	20	24	22	24	32	23	22
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22
Sunset	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.3 WSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SE	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	10	9	11	11	11	16	10	13	13	12	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	7	11	11	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.9 SW	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	20	19	12	18	18	14	16	16	16	15	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	11	18	16	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSW	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.5 S	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 S	1.6 SSW	-	0.9 ESE	3.5 SSW	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	10	5	5	4	6	6	6	6	6	12	-	5	13	7	8	8	8	8	-	-	-

	Mon	Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11								Thursday 12
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	12	12	11	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	16	7	7	9	9	14
Energy(?)	438	367	311	393	349	207	206	218	315	311	227	254	260	323	594	186	282	484	625	773	664	906
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	off	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
High Tide / height (m)	8:16PM 0.96				8:42AM 1.03				10:05PM 0.90				10:39AM 0.98					12:15AM 0.95				12:22PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)			2:01AM 0.64				3:30PM 0.64				3:59AM 0.72					5:54PM 0.62				6:21AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	21	22	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	20	19	19	19	21	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	22	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	22	21	21	21	21	19	18	18	18	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	9	9	12	11	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	16	16	9	9	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW
Period (s)	11	12	10	14	12	12	20	8	19	8	13	13	12	18	18	18	16	18	18	14	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.3 S	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE
Period (s)	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	6	7	7	6	6	6

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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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	6	6	6	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Energy(?)	589	438	438	469	331	306	330	338	311	365	334	393	440	447	461	221	212	207	210	208	145	203
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:16PM 0.96												8:41AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)						1:58AM 0.63														3:30PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	25	22
Chill °C (?)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	21	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	25	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	9	9	9	9	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	12	8	8	14	10	10	14	14	12	9	9	12	12	12	12	20	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	7	8	8	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6