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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	Thursday 31			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thu
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall 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	Onrus Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town
Rating	0	9	9	7	5	4	4	3	3	3	0	0	0	8	0	6	9	6	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.6 WSW	1.7 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	16	14	13	13	13	15	15	14	13	13	12	10
Energy(?)	9342	12237	9915	8010	6749	3751	1819	1230	598	692	312	2941	6297	6643	6136	9396	11299	7255	3880	2726	1376	803
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:37PM 1.45		8:00AM 1.26		8:25PM 1.36	9:06AM 1.19		9:33PM 1.29	10:46AM 1.17		11:04PM 1.28	12:20PM 1.23		12:18AM 1.10	1:11PM 1.09		1:17AM 1.41	1:53PM 1.21		2:00AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	1:01PM 0.45		2:00AM 0.71	1:54PM 0.75		3:01AM 0.77		2:43PM 0.64	4:26AM 0.79		4:31PM 0.68		5:51AM 0.75	6:14PM 0.63		6:59AM 0.46	7:14PM 0.54		7:42AM 0.36	7:57PM 0.65		8:16AM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	heavy rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	11	1	11	2	1	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	12	10	13	14	17	21	20	18	17	15	13	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Low °C	11	11	12	10	12	13	16	21	18	17	17	14	13	13	10	10	12	11	11	11	10	11
Chill °C (?)	10	8	10	9	12	14	17	21	20	18	16	13	11	12	11	9	10	11	12	12	11	12
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33
Sunset	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 WSW	-	4.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	14	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	14	-	13	13	15	15	14	13	13	12	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 WNW	0.6 WSW	1.9 W	-	-	-	-	3.0 SSW	-	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.2 S
Period (s)	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	6	16	10	-	-	-	-	15	-	13	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.7 WNW	1.1 NW	3.0 WNW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	8	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wed	Thursday 31								Friday 01								Saturday 02
	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	Danger 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards 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
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	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	4.5 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
Period(s) (?)	11	14	15	10	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1012	2555	5936	3783	9342	12428	12237	12661	10413	9915	11186	9092	8525	8427	6237	6579	5302	3751	3169	2354	1819	1583
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)				7:14AM 1.34				7:26PM 1.23				8:00AM 1.26					8:13PM 1.13				9:06AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)		1:14AM 0.64				1:10PM 0.66				2:00AM 0.71				1:42PM 0.55					2:47AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	6	2	2	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	13	14	16	17	20
Chill °C (?)	12	12	11	10	8	8	8	10	10	11	11	10	9	8	12	11	11	13	13	16	17	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	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	4.5 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
Period (s)	11	14	12	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	14	12	-	-	-	11	11	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 NW	1.3 NW	4.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	5.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 ESE	1.6 ESE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	15	10	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 30			Thursday 31
	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	Danger 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards 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
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	5.5 SW	5.0 WSW	5.5 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	14	14	14	15	15	15	10	10	10	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	713	1350	1515	1511	2597	2555	2555	7063	5936	5935	4586	3783	3783	11009	8236	10996	24869	12428	13873	12237	12237	11880
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)												7:14AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)						1:14AM 0.64												1:10PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	3	2	1	1	1	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	9	10	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.2 SSE	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	6.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	13	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	1.5 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	5.5 SW	5.0 WSW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	15	15	15	10	10	10	14	13	14	14	-	-	-	-	-