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 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			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	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Haakgat Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	4	3	3	3	4	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	11	10	13	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1663	995	861	725	660	661	2261	1009	1188	1917	2074	918	2509	3331	3517	2734	1650	1336	1097	550	907	295
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	on	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:54AM 1.18	1:27PM 1.26		1:34AM 1.31		2:01PM 1.41	2:11AM 1.43		2:33PM 1.55	2:46AM 1.52		3:10PM 1.86	3:22AM 1.58		3:45PM 1.93	3:59AM 1.60		4:15PM 1.75	4:36AM 1.57		4:51PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	6:57PM 0.73		7:16AM 0.36	7:36PM 0.39		7:50AM 0.23		8:11PM 0.24	8:22AM 0.12		8:45PM 0.11	8:54AM 0.03		9:19PM 0.01	9:27AM -0.01		9:55PM -0.05	10:02AM -0.02		10:32PM -0.05	10:37AM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	17	20	16	16	18	16	15	17	14	14	14	13	16	18	16	18	19	16	17	18
Low °C	15	14	14	20	14	14	18	13	14	15	13	14	14	13	13	17	15	16	19	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	20	16	14	17	14	13	16	12	12	12	10	16	18	15	18	19	16	17	18
Sunrise	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:00	-	-	6:58	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:56	-	-	6:54	-	-	6:52	-
Sunset	6:29	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:32	-	-	6:32
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	0.3 W	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SSW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	10	13	9	12	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	1.1 S	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.2 W	0.1 W	-	-	-	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.3 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	15	13	13	13	10	12	12	9	10	10	9	8	8	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	3.0 SSW	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 ESE	-	-	-	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	5	6	12	6	5	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	6	6

	Wednesday 03					Thursday 04								Friday 05								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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1861	1210	1548	1389	1120	1082	1042	1025	861	778	725	689	593	660	642	1017	1092	652	660	673	775	1009
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	on	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:50PM 1.10				12:54AM 1.18				1:27PM 1.26				1:34AM 1.31					2:01PM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)				6:58PM 0.53				7:17AM 0.36				7:36PM 0.39				7:50AM 0.48					8:12PM 0.24
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	17	20	20	15	15	15	14	14	19	16	16	16	14	14
Chill °C (?)	15	17	16	16	15	13	13	13	17	20	20	14	14	14	13	13	19	14	14	14	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 WSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	10	10	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.9 SSW	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.0 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 W	0.3 W
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	6

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1766	1266	1649	1625	1625	1950	1901	1901	1548	1525	1411	1389	1359	1207	1120	1101	1100	463	511	450	414	882
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	off	off	on	on	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)					12:49PM 1.10												12:53AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)											6:58PM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	15	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	14	15	15	15	15	13	13	13	13	14
Sunrise	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-