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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	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Mon
	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	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	6	7	5	5	8	5	4	4	4	4	9	9	9	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	11	18	16	16	16	14	14	13	10	12	12	13
Energy(?)	1094	5215	3866	3922	8083	7221	2531	2155	1142	862	1625	8354	9503	8259	5292	2383	2125	2377	1347	1870	1384	530
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	glass
High Tide / height (m)	12:12PM 1.00		12:18AM 1.10	1:11PM 1.09		1:14AM 1.20	1:53PM 1.21		1:56AM 1.30		2:29PM 1.33	2:34AM 1.39		3:02PM 1.45	3:10AM 1.47		3:36PM 1.55	3:45AM 1.51		4:12PM 1.82	4:27AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		6:13PM 0.63		6:59AM 0.47	7:14PM 0.54		7:43AM 0.36	7:57PM 0.43		8:18AM 0.25		8:34PM 0.32	8:51AM 0.15		9:10PM 0.22	9:23AM 0.08		9:44PM 0.14	9:55AM 0.03		10:23PM 0.31	10:28AM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	13	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	15	15	14	15	16	15	15	13	13	13	12	13
Low °C	14	13	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	11	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	12	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	11	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	15	15	14	15	16	14	13	11	12	12	10	13
Sunrise	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30
Sunset	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	11	18	16	16	16	14	14	13	10	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.9 SSW	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 SW	-	0.1 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	-	20	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	0.4 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	5	6	7	9	7	5	0	5	7	7	8	8	8	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.5 W	-	1.4 SW	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	-	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1590	545	9496	0	700	3034	5215	4210	5855	6040	10052	6151	3922	9364	3971	8040	6127	7221	7074	7036	3683	3202
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	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)	10:59PM 1.05					12:12PM 0.99				12:19AM 1.10				1:11PM 1.09				1:13AM 1.20				1:53PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)				5:55AM 0.56				6:13PM 0.63				6:59AM 0.47				7:15PM 0.54				7:38AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	10	3	1	1	1	2	3	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	14
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	10	12	11	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	15	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	3.5 W	1.1 NNW	3.0 W	2.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	-	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	14	5	13	13	13	4	4	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 03	Monday 04
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	5	6	7	9	7	5	0	5	7	7	8	8	8	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	-	-	4.0 W	1.4 SW	3.5 W	1.8 SW	4.0 W	1.8 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	-
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	-
Energy(?)	1327	559	1590	539	553	545	934	3289	2357	2357	5499	0	0	6099	700	4449	1094	5756	1110	5756	5385	0
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	on	off	on	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:59PM 1.05														12:12PM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)										5:55AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	5	3	1	1	1	-
High °C	13	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	12	13	13	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.3 W	1.3 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	4.0 W	1.4 SW	3.5 W	1.8 SW	4.0 W	1.8 SW	4.0 W	4.0 W	1.8 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	9	9	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 NW	1.6 NW	2.2 NW	1.7 NW	1.5 NW	1.5 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	1.8 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.1 NNW	2.5 NNW	3.0 W	1.1 N	3.5 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	-	-	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	5	5	8	13	6	13	-	13	-	-	13