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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	Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18			Thursday 19			Friday 20			Saturday 21			Sunday 22			Mon
	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	Dumps Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Misty Cliffs Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 S	0.6 WNW	0.6 WNW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	14	13	12	12	11	11	8	13	13	14	14	13	8
Energy(?)	485	827	1065	2259	1967	2593	1708	1691	938	1100	1506	1063	857	758	311	358	292	273	172	191	403	228
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	glass	on	glass	off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	cross	cross	glass	cross	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		3:05PM 1.68	3:23AM 1.54		3:37PM 1.75	3:52AM 1.62		4:09PM 1.79	4:23AM 1.67		4:37PM 1.53	4:54AM 1.67		5:11PM 1.49		5:28AM 1.62	5:53PM 1.68		6:05AM 1.53	6:29PM 1.30		6:49AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	9:03AM 0.49		9:12PM 0.10	9:32AM 0.14		9:40PM 0.04	10:05AM 0.34		10:10PM 0.02	10:37AM 0.31		10:40PM 0.03	11:09AM 0.05		11:12PM 0.08	11:44AM 0.10		11:52PM 0.43	12:24PM 0.20		12:27AM 0.28	1:11PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	32	29	27	20	23	21	21	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	21	20	20
Low °C	25	29	20	20	22	20	21	22	20	19	20	20	20	21	19	19	20	20	19	20	19	19
Chill °C (?)	32	29	27	20	23	21	21	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	21	20	20	21	20	20
Sunrise	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:26	-	-	6:26
Sunset	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 S	1.5 S	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 S	1.2 S	0.8 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SSE	0.7 W	1.1 SSE	1.0 S
Period (s)	11	11	16	15	15	14	13	13	8	8	13	12	12	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SSE	0.7 SW	1.1 SSW	0.6 WNW	0.5 WNW	1.3 SSW	1.3 S	0.7 WNW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 WSW	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WNW	0.5 W	0.5 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SSW
Period (s)	6	19	11	19	18	8	7	16	13	14	12	8	9	8	11	10	10	13	9	14	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	-	-	-	1.3 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 W	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-

	Monday 16							Tuesday 17								Wednesday 18
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	766	513	533	784	984	1108	1166	1318	1158	2080	1511	1486	2639	3003	3211	2628	2194	1807	1708	1009	2642	1545
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:57AM 1.70				3:05PM 1.68				3:23AM 1.54				3:32PM 1.51				3:55AM 1.86				4:04PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)			9:02AM 0.23				9:12PM 0.39				9:33AM 0.14				9:41PM 0.04				10:03AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	25	26	26	29	28	22	20	21	20	20	24	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	26	22	21
Chill °C (?)	24	25	26	26	29	28	22	20	21	20	20	24	21	21	21	21	20	21	21	26	22	21
Sunrise	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.9 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SSW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 S	0.4 WNW	0.7 NW	0.7 WNW
Period (s)	8	7	7	20	19	18	18	11	11	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	7	7	7	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.7 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	8	9

	Monday 16																					Tue
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18
Energy(?)	913	832	524	516	472	592	523	558	413	560	596	596	779	885	974	958	1094	1251	1214	981	1319	1165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)	2:57AM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)								9:03AM 0.49												9:13PM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	23	23	23	25	28	30	30	29	25	31	25	26	25	30	29	28	27	27	23	22
Chill °C (?)	23	23	23	23	23	25	28	30	30	29	25	31	25	26	25	30	29	28	27	27	23	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	18	18	18	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 SSE	1.0 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.7 SSE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SE	0.5 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	8	8	12	12	8	21	21	21	7	6	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	11	11	11	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-