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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	Tue		Wednesday 12			Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tue
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	3	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 W	0.9 WSW	1.4 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 S	3.0 SE	1.9 SE	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.5 SSE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	6	7	7	14	13	8	7	7	8	7	7	8
Energy(?)	2679	2496	1572	1006	518	1204	1299	433	474	350	224	282	1079	2554	967	1569	1474	510	1094	387	402	947
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:14PM 1.07	9:09AM 1.17		9:52PM 1.04	10:33AM 1.20		11:16PM 1.07	11:36AM 1.25		12:13AM 1.13	12:21PM 1.32		12:55AM 1.21	12:59PM 1.36		1:30AM 1.27	1:32PM 1.41		2:01AM 1.32		2:02PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	2:09PM 0.50	2:32AM 0.49		3:50PM 0.53	4:04AM 0.53		5:14PM 0.46		5:17AM 0.49	6:14PM 0.42		6:11AM 0.44	6:52PM 0.31		6:53AM 0.39	7:26PM 0.26		7:28AM 0.35	7:56PM 0.20		8:01AM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	18	18	22	18	17	23	18	20	19	18	17	18	17	20	27	18	20	23	18	19	22
Low °C	22	17	17	21	16	16	21	16	18	19	16	17	18	14	16	26	15	16	21	17	18	21
Chill °C (?)	24	17	18	22	18	16	23	17	20	18	17	16	17	15	20	27	16	20	23	17	18	22
Sunrise	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:33	-	-	5:31	-
Sunset	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:29
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	17	14	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 SE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	18	11	6	16	12	15	15	12	10	10	11	13	13	16	18	15	10	16	13	15	16	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.7 SSW	-	0.7 SSE	1.5 S	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SSE	1.4 S	1.4 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 S	3.0 SE	1.9 SE	3.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.5 SSE
Period (s)	-	12	-	4	-	4	6	6	5	5	6	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	8

	Tuesday 11					Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Fri
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Energy(?)	2027	2909	3078	3041	2549	2325	2084	1356	1572	1224	1080	863	763	953	1957	2668	1204	788	677	606	1090	937
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off
Tide State(?)	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)					8:13PM 1.08				9:08AM 1.16				9:53PM 1.03				10:33AM 1.19					11:16PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)			2:08PM 0.50				2:33AM 0.49				3:50PM 0.53				4:03AM 0.52					5:14PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	19	18	18	17	17	19	18	21	18	19	18	17	16	17	17	18	18	18	20	18
Chill °C (?)	22	21	18	17	17	17	17	19	18	21	18	19	18	17	15	16	16	17	17	17	20	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.8 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 WSW	1.7 WSW
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.5 S	1.0 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	11	16	16	6	10	10	16	9	15	15	13	15	15	15	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S	-	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 S	-	-	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 S
Period (s)	-	-	6	5	-	4	11	5	-	-	6	4	4	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	6	6

	Tuesday 11															Wednesday 12
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1896	2535	2329	2717	2222	2277	2305	2605	3078	2081	3057	2223	2021	2021	2420	2504	956	948	936	1014	2084	1945
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)													8:15PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)							2:09PM 0.50												2:32AM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	21	22	24	24	24	18	20	18	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	21	22	24	24	24	17	20	17	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	17	17
Sunrise	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.3 WSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	2.2 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 NW	1.0 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	12	18	18	18	12	12	12	12	12	12	18	12	11	11	11	11	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 S	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.0 S	0.6 SSE	1.0 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	-	8	8	8	9	4	4	4	6	9	5	5	5	5	6	-	5	6	6	11	11	11