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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	Thu		Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	9	9	7	5	4	4	3	2	3	0	7	5	9	6	0	5	4	4	3	4	4	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	3.0 W	3.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	16	14	13	13	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	13
Energy(?)	11985	10637	8010	6716	3751	1819	1230	271	398	747	3750	3466	6323	9004	3784	7639	4554	2536	1619	853	1066	2249
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	7:37PM 1.45		7:52AM 1.03		8:25PM 1.36	9:06AM 1.19		9:33PM 1.29	10:39AM 0.94		10:59PM 1.05	12:12PM 0.99		12:22AM 1.33	1:11PM 1.09		1:17AM 1.41	1:58PM 1.44		2:00AM 1.50		2:29PM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)		2:00AM 0.71	1:42PM 0.55		3:01AM 0.77		2:43PM 0.64	4:26AM 0.79		4:34PM 0.68		5:56AM 0.56	6:14PM 0.63		6:59AM 0.46	7:12PM 0.75		7:38AM 0.57	7:57PM 0.65		8:19AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	12	8	5	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	13	10	13	14	16	21	21	18	19	15	14	13	13	12	13	13	12	12	11	12	14
Low °C	11	12	10	12	13	15	21	17	17	18	14	14	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	14
Chill °C (?)	10	11	9	12	14	16	21	21	18	18	13	12	10	11	10	11	12	12	11	10	11	14
Sunrise	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	3.0 W	1.6 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.5 SW	2.3 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	13	15	15	14	13	12	12	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 S	0.5 ESE	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	3.0 SW	-	-	-	1.9 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	11	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	8	16	-	-	-	14	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 N	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	0.8 N	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	5	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 31					Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sun
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards 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	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg
Rating	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	8912	12068	13409	12397	9925	9663	11062	9092	9481	7135	6237	6579	5302	3751	3169	2354	1819	1583	1196	914	766	633
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:26PM 1.23				8:00AM 1.26					8:13PM 1.13				9:06AM 1.19				9:23PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)		1:10PM 0.66				2:00AM 0.71				1:43PM 0.55					2:47AM 0.56				3:00PM 0.84
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	12	13	13	12	13	14	15	16	20	20	20	19	21
Chill °C (?)	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	8	8	11	12	11	11	12	13	14	16	20	20	20	19	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	11	11	11	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	20	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.5 NW
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3

	Thursday 31															Friday 01
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards 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	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg
Rating	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 WSW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	9	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Energy(?)	3279	8912	10996	10996	20968	12068	13224	11985	13409	11022	10786	12402	11779	10499	11234	10165	9981	9663	9111	9888	9885	10262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)												7:26PM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)						1:10PM 0.66												2:00AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Chill °C (?)	9	8	8	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	17	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	4.5 WSW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	13	14	14	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-