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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	Fri		Sat				Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Fri
	AM	PM	AM	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	5	0	1	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 WSW	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	2.2 S	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	17	10	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	8	11	13
Energy(?)	919	5406	244	2231	3771	2753	1811	1317	1500	2186	1958	1335	1220	1924	1068	1149	853	652	512	1033	927	532
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)	9:22AM 1.22		10:06PM 1.02	10:28AM 1.20		11:27PM 1.29	11:41AM 1.48		12:15AM 1.10	12:18PM 1.23	1:08AM 0.76	1:01AM 1.15	1:02PM 1.27	1:34AM 0.85	1:40AM 1.21	1:41PM 1.33		2:15AM 1.27		2:18PM 1.35	2:50AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		4:05PM 0.50	4:02AM 0.55		5:14PM 0.47		5:22AM 0.78	6:18PM 0.67		6:11AM 0.53			6:59AM 0.48			7:40AM 0.43		8:06PM 0.26	8:17AM 0.38		8:40PM 0.23	8:52AM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	mod. rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	5	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	20	17	18	17	17	20	19	20	23	20	21	23	19	18	19	18	17	18	19	20
Low °C	19	17	18	16	18	16	16	20	18	19	23	18	19	22	18	18	18	16	17	18	14	15
Chill °C (?)	21	19	20	16	18	16	17	20	19	20	23	20	21	23	19	18	19	17	16	17	18	20
Sunrise	5:26	-	6:00	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30
Sunset	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:54	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	3.0 SW	0.6 SSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.1 W	1.8 SW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.4 SW	0.9 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	17	10	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	16	11	13	12	12	12	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.9 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.3 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 W
Period (s)	7	16	12	11	11	11	16	20	10	15	18	16	16	16	14	15	14	9	8	16	15	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 NW	3.0 SW	0.8 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	2.5 WSW	0.4 NNW	0.5 W	-	-	1.2 SSE	2.2 S	1.7 S	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	5	10	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	12	3	4	-	-	7	8	8	6

	Friday 12							Saturday 13						Sun	Sat	Sunday 14
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	7:30PM	2PM	5PM	4:30AM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg
Rating	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	4	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	17	16	10	11	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	605	499	1280	1612	3231	4222	8092	6784	2630	4447	693	3077	1787	431	3191	2608	2171	1938	1800	1592	1455	1495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	off	off	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	high-ebb	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:22AM 1.22				10:14PM 1.27									11:18PM 1.04				11:28AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)					4:05PM 0.50				4:03AM 0.56									5:13AM 0.56				6:10PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	3	1	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	19	20	18	19	17	17	17	15	16	16	17	18	15	17	16	15	16	17	18	19	18
Chill °C (?)	16	18	19	17	19	16	16	16	14	15	14	17	18	13	17	16	15	16	17	18	19	18
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	0.6 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	18	18	17	16	16	11	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.6 SSW	0.3 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.1 SW	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	9	16	16	16	12	12	12	11	4	11	11	-	11	11	10	16	16	16	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 W	0.9 NW	1.4 W	2.2 WSW	2.5 SW	-	2.5 SW	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	1.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	5	9	10	-	11	-	-	-	13	-	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12													Sat	Friday 12							Sat
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	9:30PM	2PM	3PM	0:30AM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg
Rating	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	1	5	4	1	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.9 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	13	16	9	12	10	10	10	16	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	411	397	605	574	672	1036	1233	1223	593	1025	404	2450	1668	192	4048	3811	3926	3557	10662	9155	8945	6636
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								9:31AM 1.47													10:05PM 1.01
Low Tide / height (m)															4:06PM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	light rain	light rain	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	18	17	17	18	18	19	19	23	19	19	18	18	17	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	18	16	16	17	17	18	18	23	18	18	17	17	16	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.7 SSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	9	9	18	9	18	17	17	17	17	17	13	16	16	12	16	16	16	10	15	15	15	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	-	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	1.9 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	8	18	9	18	9	9	9	6	9	7	-	16	16	18	12	12	12	16	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NW	0.5 W	0.5 NW	1.1 NW	0.9 NW	1.0 NW	1.1 NW	1.3 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 SSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 SW	1.1 S	3.0 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	-	3.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	-	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	13	9	9	5	10	10	10	-	11	11	11	15