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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	Wed		Thursday 31			Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wed
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Milnerton Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	9	9	8	5	4	4	2	3	0	0	5	6	2	8	4	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	5.0 WSW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	3.0 WSW	-	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 S
Period(s) (?)	12	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	16	14	13	-	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	579	1024	8624	11279	10492	9075	6716	3805	1819	584	633	603	663	583	3074	0	5091	5573	4349	1444	1668	2277
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	6:49PM 1.33		7:14AM 1.34	7:26PM 1.23		8:00AM 1.26		8:25PM 1.36	8:57AM 0.96		9:33PM 1.29	10:39AM 0.94		11:04PM 1.28	12:12PM 0.99		12:19AM 1.10	1:11PM 1.10		1:13AM 1.20	1:53PM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)		1:09AM 0.41	1:10PM 0.66		1:50AM 0.49	1:54PM 0.75		3:01AM 0.77		2:43PM 0.64	4:26AM 0.79		4:38PM 0.88		5:56AM 0.56	6:14PM 0.63		6:59AM 0.46	7:14PM 0.54		7:42AM 0.36	7:57PM 0.65
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	heavy rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	2	20	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	13	8	2	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	15	14	12	12	12	12	13	14	17	21	20	16	17	15	14	13	13	12	13	12	12	12
Low °C	15	14	12	11	12	11	11	12	15	21	18	14	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	13	12	9	10	10	10	12	13	17	21	20	15	16	13	12	11	11	11	11	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:08
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.3 SW	0.2 SSE	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.0 WSW	3.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SSW	1.6 SW
Period (s)	12	14	11	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	12	11	16	9	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 SW	-	-	-	2.3 SW	0.3 SSW	0.9 S	1.5 S	-
Period (s)	7	12	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	16	16	14	-	-	-	15	13	11	12	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 NNW	1.6 WSW	5.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 NW	1.2 NW	1.5 NW	0.9 WNW	4.5 WSW	-	-	-	0.8 SE	1.0 SSE	2.5 S
Period (s)	6	9	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	4	13	-	-	-	4	5	12

	Wednesday 30					Thursday 31								Friday 01								Sat
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	9	11	14	15	10	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	165	153	579	625	690	2825	847	3275	4470	16471	11279	11425	9925	9530	10626	9938	9075	7135	7495	6314	5302	3805
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:49PM 1.33				7:14AM 1.34				7:26PM 1.23				7:52AM 1.03					8:13PM 1.13
Low Tide / height (m)		12:28PM 0.35				1:14AM 0.64				1:00PM 0.45				2:00AM 0.71				1:43PM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	rain shwrs	light rain	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	light rain	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	1	1	10	7	1	2	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	13	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	12	12	12	11	9	8	8	10	10	11	11	11	10	8	11	10	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	9	11	14	15	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	-	-	-	0.2 SSE	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	15	7	12	14	12	12	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NNW	0.9 NW	0.6 NW	1.0 NW	2.1 W	4.0 WSW	3.5 SW	5.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	1.4 SE	1.6 ESE	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	6	8	10	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	-

	Wednesday 30															Thursday 31
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	6	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 W	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	9	10	11	9	14	14	14	14	15	15	15
Energy(?)	176	177	565	278	172	604	153	579	209	170	854	978	1101	1284	1664	2007	2221	1741	2552	6541	6566	5375
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											6:59PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)					12:28PM 0.35													1:09AM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	1	-	-	-	1	1	1
High °C	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	10	11	10
Sunrise	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	1.1 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 WSW	2.1 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	7	12	11	9	10	11	14	14	14	9	14	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 S	0.3 S	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.6 SW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 S	0.3 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	15	15	15	7	12	7	14	14	14	14	11	11	12	14	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 NW	1.1 NW	1.7 NNW	1.5 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NNW	1.3 NW	1.7 NNW	1.2 NW	1.1 NW	1.4 NW	1.4 NNW	1.2 NW	1.2 NW	2.2 W	2.3 W	2.4 W	0.9 NW	2.4 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	3.5 WSW
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	9	9	8	6	8	15	15	15