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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	Sun		Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	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	Platboom Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	4	4	0	4	3	0	3	2	0	3	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	16	14	13
Energy(?)	1348	1228	851	1439	1169	2191	2665	1346	1188	2126	2343	863	1288	1106	565	687	541	193	358	976	1188	1693
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	7:54PM 1.43		8:15AM 1.30		9:02PM 1.07	9:35AM 1.23		10:43PM 1.06	11:12AM 1.22		12:17AM 1.13	12:37PM 1.30		1:29AM 1.54	1:45PM 1.64		2:16AM 1.40		2:29PM 1.48	2:59AM 1.52		3:13PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		1:43AM 0.41		2:50PM 0.41	2:56AM 0.51		4:22PM 0.44	4:42AM 0.55		5:59PM 0.39		6:23AM 0.48	7:14PM 0.56		7:38AM 0.60		8:04PM 0.17	8:25AM 0.22		8:48PM 0.08	9:11AM 0.13
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	24	20	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	22	19	22	25	23	23	21	20	20	22	18	20	22
Low °C	23	19	20	22	19	20	20	18	19	20	18	19	24	21	21	21	19	19	21	18	18	22
Chill °C (?)	24	20	22	22	20	20	20	19	18	22	19	22	25	23	23	21	20	20	22	17	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-
Sunset	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	16	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	0.1 NW	-	0.5 S	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	-	-	13	-	13	12	11	9	19	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	1.3 S	1.5 SSE	0.9 SE	1.0 SSE	0.4 SE	0.3 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	5	6	5	3	-	-	-	-	4	5	4

	Sunday 25					Monday 26								Tuesday 27								Wed
	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	Dumps Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Platboom Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1224	1372	1334	1353	1339	1155	1073	1014	1241	1242	1129	1702	1600	1623	1670	1871	1576	1971	2677	2889	2980	2848
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:48PM 1.15					8:15AM 1.31				9:08PM 1.34				9:35AM 1.23				10:43PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)		1:42PM 0.34				1:44AM 0.41					2:49PM 0.41				3:10AM 0.76				4:22PM 0.45
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)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	20	19	22	23	20	20	20	19	20	20	21	20	19	19	18
Chill °C (?)	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	20	19	22	23	20	20	20	19	20	20	21	20	19	18	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 E	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 E
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	10	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 25	Monday 26
	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	Dumps Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Platboom Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg
Rating	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1266	1341	1318	1382	1372	1193	1193	1333	1334	1325	1008	1348	1287	1274	1274	1187	888	1155	1251	1167	1157	1154
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)												7:46PM 1.16
Low Tide / height (m)						1:42PM 0.34												1:44AM 0.41
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	21	20	20	21	20	24	24	23	21	23	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	20	20	21	20	24	24	23	21	23	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 E	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-