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 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			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	Koeel Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town
Rating	4	4	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.9 ESE	0.7 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	9	19	17	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	1440	2342	2092	1717	2518	2665	3282	3025	891	1279	872	936	777	1055	1464	1709	1746	1866	1320	1705	681	1567
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	off
High Tide / height (m)		1:17AM 1.07	1:17PM 1.15		1:54AM 1.20	1:57PM 1.28		2:25AM 1.32		2:34PM 1.60	2:57AM 1.70		3:01PM 1.45	3:23AM 1.54		3:32PM 1.51	3:53AM 1.62		4:04PM 1.54	4:23AM 1.67		4:37PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	7:04PM 0.53		7:21AM 0.56	7:45PM 0.41		7:59AM 0.44		8:16PM 0.28	8:32AM 0.33		8:42PM 0.47	9:02AM 0.23		9:13PM 0.10	9:33AM 0.14		9:41PM 0.04	10:04AM 0.07		10:10PM 0.02	10:35AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	18	19	20	20	18	22	20	20	28	22	30	30	25	24	24	22	21	26	21	21	21
Low °C	19	18	18	20	17	17	21	14	16	26	19	24	28	21	21	24	19	20	26	20	21	21
Chill °C (?)	20	16	19	20	20	17	22	20	20	28	22	30	30	25	24	24	22	21	26	21	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	12	15	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	17	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SW	0.5 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	0.8 WNW	0.6 SSW	0.7 NW
Period (s)	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	12	6	19	11	10	18	18	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	-	0.9 SW	-	-	2.2 S	-	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	1.9 ESE	1.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW	1.4 S	1.5 S	2.1 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSE
Period (s)	6	6	-	5	-	-	7	-	7	8	7	9	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	6	6	7

	Thursday 12					Friday 13								Saturday 14								Sun
	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	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	2	2	0	2	2	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1112	960	1347	1065	1049	1563	2096	1075	2132	2268	3457	2015	2379	2518	2717	2707	2665	2056	1847	1731	3841	3025
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:25PM 1.05				1:17AM 1.07				1:19PM 1.40				1:54AM 1.19				1:55PM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)				7:04PM 0.53				7:21AM 0.56				7:45PM 0.40				7:59AM 0.45					8:15PM 0.28
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	19	18	18	18	17	18	18	20	20	20	19	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	17	15
Chill °C (?)	20	20	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	20	20	20	18	17	16	15	17	16	16	16	16	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 W	2.5 SSW	0.1 NW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW
Period (s)	15	10	13	13	13	16	12	15	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	1.2 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.3 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	14	16	16	16	11	16	14	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 S	-	1.9 SSW	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	-
Period (s)	10	6	6	6	6	13	-	12	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	7	7	-

	Thursday 12															Friday 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	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	2	2	0	2	2	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.7 SSW	2.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	9	10	10	10	14	14	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1062	1098	904	1112	960	960	2068	1314	2993	2764	2804	1350	1342	1220	1205	1183	1138	1117	1117	1293	2096	2175
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross	cross	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)					12:25PM 1.05													1:16AM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)											6:52PM 0.77	7:05PM 0.51
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	19	19	20	20	20	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	20	20	20	21	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	0.1 W	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	15	15	10	15	10	10	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	16	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.1 W	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	16	15	16	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.2 S	1.4 SE	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.5 SSW	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.1 SSW	-	-
Period (s)	9	10	6	10	6	6	10	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	-	-