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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	Sunday 22			Monday 23			Tuesday 24			Wednesday 25			Thursday 26			Friday 27			Saturday 28			Sun
	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	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town
Rating	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	1	0	4	3	0	3	3	0	3	3	3	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.4 S	1.1 S	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	10	12	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	243	277	188	293	441	630	259	481	114	66	164	1913	819	1685	933	506	762	841	565	698	1385	3221
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	glass	off	on	cross- off	off	cross	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	off	off	cross- off	on
High Tide / height (m)		6:29PM 1.30		6:57AM 1.67	7:18PM 1.18		7:45AM 1.26		8:34PM 1.05	9:15AM 1.13		10:37PM 1.02	11:17AM 1.12		12:22AM 1.13	12:50PM 1.48		1:26AM 1.56	1:39PM 1.34		2:08AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	12:28PM 0.47		12:26AM 0.28	1:17PM 0.59		1:17AM 0.42		2:16PM 0.46	2:35AM 0.55		4:07PM 0.52	4:52AM 0.59		6:03PM 0.46		6:43AM 0.72	7:13PM 0.61		7:36AM 0.33			8:21AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
High °C	21	22	22	23	22	20	21	21	20	21	21	18	18	19	18	19	19	18	18	19	19	20
Low °C	20	21	20	20	22	19	19	21	18	18	21	18	17	19	17	17	19	18	18	19	18	17
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	23	22	20	21	21	20	21	21	17	17	18	17	18	18	17	18	18	19	20
Sunrise	6:26	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:30	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31	-	-	6:31
Sunset	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:27	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:25	-	-	7:23	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 W	0.7 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.1 NW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.0 SW	1.1 S	1.3 SW	2.1 SSW	1.8 SSW
Period (s)	8	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	12	6	11	12	12	19	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.2 SSE	0.4 WNW	0.2 W	0.5 SW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	1.4 SW	0.1 SW	0.6 S	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 S	0.8 SSW	1.4 SSW
Period (s)	14	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	12	7	12	19	12	10	18	12	13	10	12	18	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.4 NW	0.4 WNW	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 W	0.4 WSW	0.5 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 W	-	0.7 WSW	-	-	2.5 SW	0.9 ESE	1.0 SE	1.3 SSE	1.4 S	-	-	0.4 NW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	4	4	8	4	6	-	6	-	-	12	4	5	5	12	-	-	3	10

	Sat	Sunday 22								Monday 23								Tuesday 24
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Dias Beach Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.3 SE	0.5 WNW	1.0 SE	0.6 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	9	13	9	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13
Energy(?)	534	660	335	243	310	207	277	377	527	321	216	523	213	209	364	504	534	550	699	607	620	248
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	glass	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-ebb	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				6:12AM 1.79				6:28PM 1.32				6:48AM 1.40				7:27PM 1.45				7:55AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)		11:47PM 0.16				12:24PM 0.19				12:27AM 0.28				1:11PM 0.32				1:26AM 0.68
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	22	22	20	24	25	21	21	20	19	20	19	22	23	23	21	20	20	19	19	20	22
Chill °C (?)	23	22	22	20	24	25	21	21	20	19	20	19	22	23	23	21	20	20	19	19	20	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	0.7 SSE	1.0 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	8	8	9	8	9	8	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	1.0 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 W	0.6 W	0.5 W	0.1 SE
Period (s)	13	10	10	13	14	14	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	9	8	16	16	11	8	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	0.2 ENE	0.3 NW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.6 W	-	0.3 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	-	-	0.6 NW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	3	3	3	3	3	4	-	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	-	-	3	4

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Dias Beach Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.3 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	491	204	417	537	346	972	972	403	614	207	156	493	125	154	243	297	294	264	392	288	304	166
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)											6:05AM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)				11:52PM 0.43													12:28PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	24	25	23	23	23	23	21	22	20	20	20	20	21	22	23	21	21	22	21	21	21	23
Chill °C (?)	24	25	23	23	23	23	21	22	20	20	20	20	21	22	23	21	21	22	21	21	21	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SSE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.3 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 SE	0.9 SE	1.5 SE	0.7 SE	0.7 SE	0.9 SE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.8 SE	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	8	10	10	8	9	8	8	9	9	8	8	9	8	8	8	14	14	14	9	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SW	0.6 WNW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 NW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.5 WNW	0.4 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.7 SE	0.5 SE
Period (s)	13	13	16	13	10	10	10	10	13	10	14	15	14	14	14	13	8	8	14	12	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SE	1.1 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 ESE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	1.1 ESE	-	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.6 NNW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	5	8	8	5	-	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3