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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	Fri		Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	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	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	0	5	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 WSW	1.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	15	14	13	13	12	12	9	8	11	7
Energy(?)	5076	7737	2002	3771	2753	1810	1340	1710	2111	1694	868	1528	1395	5143	3823	2988	734	1056	1860	1138	1019	881
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	on	off	cross	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		10:04PM 1.01	10:28AM 1.20		11:27PM 1.29	11:41AM 1.48		12:24AM 1.35	12:18PM 1.23		1:01AM 1.16	1:02PM 1.28		1:40AM 1.22	1:41PM 1.33		2:15AM 1.27		2:18PM 1.35	2:50AM 1.31		2:53PM 1.37
Low Tide / height (m)	4:06PM 0.49	4:00AM 0.55		5:26PM 0.72		5:22AM 0.78	6:10PM 0.43		6:11AM 0.53	6:54PM 0.37		7:00AM 0.49	7:31PM 0.31		7:40AM 0.43		8:07PM 0.27	8:17AM 0.38		8:40PM 0.23	8:53AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	5	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	17	18	18	17	17	20	19	19	22	20	20	20	18	18	17	16	16	20	18	20	24
Low °C	17	16	16	17	16	16	20	18	18	22	18	19	19	17	17	17	15	15	20	14	16	24
Chill °C (?)	19	15	18	18	16	17	20	19	19	22	20	20	20	17	17	16	15	14	19	17	20	24
Sunrise	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-
Sunset	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	4.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 WSW	1.7 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	9	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.8 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	1.5 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SSW	0.1 W	1.0 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	16	12	11	11	11	16	20	10	15	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	10	13	10	15	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SSW	-	-	1.5 NW	-	-	-	-	1.7 S	2.5 S	2.0 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 S
Period (s)	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	12	9	8	11	7

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	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	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Haardebaai Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	0	4	5	0	0	0	5	6	0	5	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	10	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1280	1832	3091	11613	14118	6784	3227	5896	5250	3065	1609	3639	3069	2626	2207	1938	1800	1592	1493	1533	1333	1412
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	9:22AM 1.22				10:14PM 1.27				10:28AM 1.20					11:18PM 1.04				11:28AM 1.20				12:16AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)			4:05PM 0.50				4:00AM 0.55					5:15PM 0.48				5:13AM 0.56				6:09PM 0.43
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	18	19	17	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	17	17	18	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	17	19	16	16	16	15	16	16	18	18	16	16	16	15	16	17	16	18	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	17	9	16	11	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W
Period (s)	9	16	16	16	12	12	12	11	11	18	11	11	-	11	10	16	16	16	10	10	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 W	1.1 WNW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	5	10	16	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12															Saturday 13
	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	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Haardebaai Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	0	4	5	0	0	0	5	6	0	5	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	1.7 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.9 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	10	16	10	10	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1085	895	921	1579	2190	2374	1174	3993	4050	3301	3874	4812	3621	6743	6743	6051	7522	7536	7432	7431	6140	6140
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		9:21AM 1.21													10:04PM 1.02
Low Tide / height (m)									4:05PM 0.50											4:00AM 0.55	4:02AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	light rain	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	2	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	21	18	18	17	18	19	19	19	18	17	17	16	17	16	17	17	16	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	20	21	17	17	16	17	19	18	18	17	15	16	14	16	15	16	16	15	15	16	16
Sunrise	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	17	17	17	16	16	16	9	10	16	16	10	16	10	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.3 W	0.3 W	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	0.3 SE	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.4 SE	1.9 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	9	9	16	16	12	16	16	12	16	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 W	1.3 NW	1.3 NW	1.1 NW	2.3 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.9 WNW	2.3 WSW	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	5	5	5	9	9	5	9	10	10	10	10	-	15	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-