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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	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wed
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	3	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	6	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.9 SSE	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	7	10	9	9	19	17	16	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	15	12	12
Energy(?)	379	773	497	174	130	497	1015	1215	3576	1804	3396	2577	1410	1281	1206	525	1141	1523	1662	2569	5367	1824
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:38PM 1.12		8:21AM 1.51		8:46PM 1.04	9:21AM 1.21		10:14PM 1.27	10:40AM 1.46		11:17PM 1.03	11:28AM 1.20		12:15AM 1.08	12:18PM 1.23		1:01AM 1.15	1:02PM 1.27		1:48AM 1.47	1:41PM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)	1:39PM 0.42		1:52AM 0.69		2:50PM 0.48	2:47AM 0.50		4:06PM 0.49	4:15AM 0.79		5:26PM 0.72		5:11AM 0.56	6:10PM 0.43		6:11AM 0.53	6:55PM 0.38		6:59AM 0.48	7:32PM 0.32		7:40AM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	6	7	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2
High °C	22	25	21	23	23	21	20	19	17	18	18	17	19	19	18	22	23	21	21	20	20	20
Low °C	18	23	18	21	23	18	18	18	15	16	18	15	17	19	17	20	22	19	19	19	20	18
Chill °C (?)	22	25	21	23	23	21	19	19	16	18	18	17	19	19	18	22	23	21	21	20	20	20
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	7:49	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	9	9	9	17	16	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	15	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 SSE	1.5 SW	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	15	15	6	14	19	9	12	15	11	18	11	16	20	10	15	18	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.9 SSE	1.6 SE	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 NW	1.8 NW	2.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 S	-	0.9 WNW	1.5 NW	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	-	6	3	6	9	10	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	-	4	6	-	-

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 ESE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	10	7	7	10	10	10	10	6	9	9	9	9	9	19	18	18	17	16
Energy(?)	933	844	846	779	742	536	600	685	564	501	680	575	274	235	130	232	295	246	408	499	1579	1152
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	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)				7:18AM 1.57				7:38PM 1.12					8:15AM 1.26				8:45PM 1.05				9:31AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		12:49AM 0.32				1:39PM 0.42				1:52AM 0.69					2:49PM 0.48				2:47AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	5
Temp. °C	17	16	17	18	24	22	21	24	21	19	19	22	19	25	23	21	20	19	18	17	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	15	16	18	24	22	21	24	21	19	19	22	19	25	23	21	20	19	17	16	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	17	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 S	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SW	0.8 SE	0.6 SSE	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	11	11	7	15	15	15	15	14	7	10	6	6	14	21	20	19	18	9	9	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.7 ESE	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	0.4 SW	-	0.7 WNW	1.1 NW	1.9 NW	2.1 NW
Period (s)	6	7	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	-	-	6	-	3	-	4	5	6	6

	Tuesday 09	Wednesday 10
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7
Energy(?)	729	948	900	858	865	509	479	805	846	797	785	752	735	653	379	651	761	536	528	583	773	931
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)												7:14AM 1.33
Low Tide / height (m)					12:49AM 0.32													1:39PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	18	22	22	24	25	22	21	21	23	24
Chill °C (?)	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	18	17	22	22	24	25	22	21	21	23	24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.3 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	-	14	13	13	14	-	-	7	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	-	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	-	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7