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.

Cape Town Surf Forecast

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Cape Town Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Cape Town Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Cape Town Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Cape Town Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Cape Town Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Cape Town Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Cape Town Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Cape Town Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Cape Town Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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.

Cape Town Photos

Cape Town Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08			Monday 09			Tue
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	0	2	2	2	3	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	3	3	0	2	2	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	0.6 SW	1.3 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.4 SE	2.0 S	1.3 SE	1.7 SE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SE	0.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	12	6	6	10	6	10	12	11	11	11	10	10	6	7	6	7	8	7	10
Energy(?)	271	217	269	440	546	509	152	218	274	207	300	304	164	352	199	261	569	211	479	188	349	85
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	cross	on	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)		4:29PM 1.53	4:50AM 1.64		5:04PM 1.47		5:23AM 1.59	5:37PM 1.39		5:55AM 1.50	6:10PM 1.29		6:27AM 1.39	6:50PM 1.45		7:10AM 1.54	7:20PM 1.07		7:40AM 1.14		8:13PM 0.96	8:39AM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)	10:29AM 0.06		10:37PM 0.02	11:05AM 0.09		11:09PM 0.08	11:39AM 0.15		11:40PM 0.18	12:12PM 0.24		12:09AM 0.29	12:44PM 0.34		12:45AM 0.65	1:26PM 0.72		1:12AM 0.52		2:06PM 0.56	1:59AM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	25	24	25	24	21	22	22	21	21	26	22	22	20	20	21	25	24	24	29	24	25
Low °C	20	24	21	22	22	21	21	21	19	20	24	21	21	20	19	19	25	19	19	29	21	22
Chill °C (?)	22	25	24	25	24	21	22	22	21	21	26	22	22	20	20	21	25	24	24	29	24	25
Sunrise	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:11	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:13	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SE
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	11	10	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	11	7	10	10	7
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	11	14	10	11	11	10	15	15	13	18	16	16	16	15	15	12	13	14	10	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	0.9 SSE	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.0 SSE	1.3 S	1.5 SE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	2.0 S	1.3 SE	1.7 SE	0.9 SSE	1.6 SE	0.3 N
Period (s)	5	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	7	6	7	8	7	3

	Mon	Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04								Thursday 05
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Van Riebeek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.8 SSE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	10	6	6	10	10	10	13	12	12	12	11	6	6	6	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	312	473	422	406	385	231	291	320	312	269	367	516	490	460	435	506	588	509	276	269	229	181
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	cross- on
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)			4:15AM 1.65				4:29PM 1.53				4:50AM 1.64					5:10PM 1.73				5:23AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)	10:04PM -0.00				10:29AM 0.06				10:37PM 0.02					11:09AM 0.37				11:09PM 0.08				11:39AM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	21	24	22	21	23	24	22	21	23	27	26	24	22	21	21	21	21	22	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	19	21	24	22	21	23	24	22	21	23	27	26	24	22	21	21	21	21	22	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:11	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 S	0.9 S	0.9 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	10	10	10	13	6	6	12	11	12	11	11	6	6	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.2 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SSW	0.1 W
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	11	14	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	7	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	1.0 S	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.1 SE	1.8 SE	1.2 SSE	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	1.1 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Monday 02			Tuesday 03
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Van Riebeek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	11	11
Energy(?)	317	497	476	476	458	290	271	430	422	415	410	462	399	419	436	432	373	391	749	219	365	254
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)									4:15AM 1.65												4:29PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)			10:03PM 0.00												10:34AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	21	22	22	22	23	21	21	25	24	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	20	20	21	22	22	22	23	21	21	25	24	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW
Period (s)	16	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	14	14	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.0 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.5 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.4 SE	1.2 SE
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	11	6	5	6