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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	Tue	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	4	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	12	12	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12
Energy(?)	561	491	615	847	1685	2859	4518	4652	4684	2796	1495	1337	1763	2195	2449	1365	2222	1828	1290	2012	1911	1543
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross	on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:16AM 1.38	5:30PM 1.45		5:46AM 1.27	5:58PM 1.35		6:16AM 1.18	6:28PM 1.23		6:51AM 1.07	7:06PM 1.12		7:44AM 0.97		8:06PM 1.02	9:35AM 0.90		10:18PM 0.97	11:54AM 0.97		12:02AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)	11:17PM 0.18	11:15AM 0.22		11:44PM 0.26	11:43AM 0.32		12:12AM 0.35	12:11PM 0.42		12:45AM 0.45	12:42PM 0.53		1:27AM 0.56	1:29PM 0.64		2:52AM 0.64		3:24PM 0.73		5:28AM 0.62	6:01PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	17	14	14	16	14	16	15	15	16	16	14	15	15	14	15	16	14	15	15	13
Low °C	12	12	16	13	14	15	14	14	15	14	13	15	14	14	15	13	12	16	13	13	14	12
Chill °C (?)	10	13	16	13	14	16	13	16	14	15	16	15	14	15	14	12	15	16	12	15	14	12
Sunrise	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:28	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 WSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	12	12	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 S	1.2 SW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 SSW	1.6 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW
Period (s)	15	13	12	9	17	9	10	9	-	24	23	16	14	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	0	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	15
Energy(?)	489	369	793	423	477	637	623	525	615	624	930	847	1064	1011	1330	1917	3203	3238	3338	4118	3735	3943
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- 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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:03PM 1.56				5:16AM 1.36				5:30PM 1.45				5:46AM 1.27				5:57PM 1.37				6:22AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)				11:17PM 0.18				11:17AM 0.23				11:44PM 0.26				11:43AM 0.32				12:11AM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	14	12	12	11	13	13	16	16	14	14	13	14	13	15	14	15	14	14	13	13	14
Chill °C (?)	10	12	10	10	9	11	11	15	15	13	14	12	14	13	15	13	14	14	14	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09
Sunset	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.3 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	9	9	9	18	9	9	9	10	10	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.2 S	-	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	5	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26									Wednesday 27
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	0	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Energy(?)	479	500	898	839	845	786	739	821	793	728	549	423	604	478	477	460	603	522	466	562	491	603
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)				5:02PM 1.53												5:16AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)										11:17PM 0.18												11:20AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	17	16	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	10	12	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	12	16	15	13	11	10	10	11	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	9	11	12	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.3 S	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.0 SE	1.3 S	1.2 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	-	0.9 S	-	0.7 S	-
Period (s)	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	5	4	4	-	5	-	4	-