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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	Thu		Friday 19			Saturday 20			Sunday 21			Monday 22			Tuesday 23			Wednesday 24			Thu
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	4	5	0	4	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	11	10	12	13	12	12	12	11	6	6	12	12	11	16	14	14	13	12	12
Energy(?)	930	839	776	787	401	310	293	314	260	258	235	93	184	145	303	743	4647	1959	2188	2103	574	1890
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)		1:48AM 1.34		2:06PM 1.47	2:22AM 1.41		2:43PM 1.76	3:01AM 1.67		3:04PM 1.59	3:21AM 1.48		3:32PM 1.60	3:48AM 1.48		3:58PM 1.58	4:15AM 1.44		4:24PM 1.52	4:42AM 1.39		4:57PM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)	7:55PM 0.48		7:58AM 0.21		8:22PM 0.17	8:35AM 0.40		8:59PM 0.35	9:03AM 0.36		9:20PM 0.08	9:24AM 0.11		9:47PM 0.07	9:50AM 0.12		10:13PM 0.10	10:16AM 0.17		10:38PM 0.15	10:41AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	19	20	17	16	15	15	18	15	15	16	14	14	17	15	15	19	15	14	17
Low °C	15	12	13	18	16	15	16	14	14	17	14	12	15	12	13	16	14	14	16	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	14	12	14	18	20	16	15	15	15	18	15	15	15	13	13	16	14	13	19	14	12	16
Sunrise	-	-	6:41	-	-	6:39	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:31	-
Sunset	6:38	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:40	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:42	-	-	6:43	-	-	6:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SSW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	1.3 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	11	10	12	13	12	12	12	11	6	6	6	12	11	16	14	14	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 S	1.0 SSW	0.9 SE	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.7 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSE	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	12	10	7	9	9	8	8	12	6	8	13	12	7	19	-	-	-	-	-	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 SSE	1.2 SE	1.8 SE	-	0.5 NW	0.5 W	-	0.3 SE	0.8 S	0.8 WNW	0.3 NNE	-	-	-	-	2.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 S	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	5	6	6	-	4	4	-	2	6	7	3	-	-	-	-	11	10	6	5	5	5

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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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.7 ESE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	10	12	6	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1002	862	1145	1178	989	839	878	914	695	624	666	647	721	677	575	506	519	268	252	240	224	226
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:32PM 1.36				1:56AM 1.56					2:06PM 1.47				2:22AM 1.43				2:37PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)				7:48PM 0.27					8:03AM 0.46				8:23PM 0.18				8:29AM 0.15				8:53PM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	16	21	20	20	20	19	18	15	17	17	16	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	16	21	20	20	20	19	18	14	16	16	15	15	15	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 S	1.8 SSW	1.8 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.8 S	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SE	1.3 ESE	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.2 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	10	12	10	11	7	7	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	0.6 S	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 W	1.0 S	0.4 WSW	0.8 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSE	1.0 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 W	0.4 W	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	11	14	11	10	10	10	10	9	12	9	12	12	10	13	9	8	9	9	9	7	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.3 SE	1.2 SE	-	1.3 SE	1.4 SE	1.7 ESE	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.6 NW	0.5 WNW	0.5 W	0.7 W	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	6	6	-	6	7	6	-	3	3	4	4	4	5	-	-

	Thursday 18															Friday 19
	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	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1188	1038	1106	1070	1050	842	837	971	930	925	1131	1178	823	1350	1097	824	854	549	542	536	539	886
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:36PM 1.59												1:48AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)												7:48PM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	11	13	13	13	12	12	12	13
Chill °C (?)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	12
Sunrise	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.9 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.4 S	1.6 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	1.8 SSW	2.1 S	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 S
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.7 S	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW
Period (s)	11	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.6 SSE	-	0.4 ESE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	0.9 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	3	-	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5