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 13			Thursday 14			Friday 15			Saturday 16			Sunday 17			Monday 18			Tuesday 19
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Outer Kom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	5	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	14	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	16	14	13	17	20	17	15	14	13
Energy(?)	1972	1139	1208	1898	2796	2390	2201	755	1244	632	283	429	339	415	389	454	755	1495	3605	1963	3544	1995
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross	cross	glass	cross	cross	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		5:38AM 1.44	5:57PM 1.58		6:26AM 1.58	6:48PM 1.69		7:15AM 1.46	7:31PM 1.35		8:13AM 1.12		8:42PM 1.22	9:47AM 1.27		10:26PM 1.38	11:36AM 1.30		11:59PM 1.18	12:51PM 1.19		1:14AM 1.49
Low Tide / height (m)	11:35PM 0.09	11:39AM 0.13		12:21AM 0.39	12:26PM 0.44		1:10AM 0.49	1:15PM 0.56		2:01AM 0.37		2:10PM 0.48	3:23AM 0.46		4:02PM 0.77		5:19AM 0.68	5:46PM 0.53		6:36AM 0.39	7:08PM 0.64
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
High °C	13	12	13	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	15	17	16	15	15	16	16	15	16	14
Low °C	12	12	13	12	11	14	14	13	15	12	12	15	13	14	16	15	15	16	14	14	15	12
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	11	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	17	16	14	15	16	15	14	15	12
Sunrise	-	7:28	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:26	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:20	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:14	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:17	-	-	6:19	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.4 WSW
Period (s)	13	12	12	14	16	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	14	13	17	16	17	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.3 SE	0.6 SE	0.6 SSE	0.6 W	0.8 W	0.7 SW	0.7 W	0.7 W	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	7	8	10	10	9	8	16	8	8	13	12	10	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.5 SSE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	0.5 W	0.6 NNW	-	-	-	-	0.8 WNW	0.6 WNW	-	0.7 NW	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	4	-	-	-	3	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	8	4	-	4	-	-

	Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13								Thursday 14								Friday 15
	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	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	1878	2243	2007	1972	1855	1597	1449	1338	963	1130	1787	1762	1891	2761	2796	2761	2551	2295	2090	2061	1918	1688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	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)		5:19PM 1.64				5:43AM 1.66				5:57PM 1.58				6:26AM 1.58				6:40PM 1.48				7:15AM 1.46
Low Tide / height (m)				11:38PM 0.32				11:45AM 0.35				12:16AM 0.15				12:26PM 0.44				1:03AM 0.25
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	13
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	13	14	14	14	13	13	14	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26
Sunset	6:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	9	9	9	8	8	7	8	8	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	-	0.6 SE	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	4	4	5	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 12	Wednesday 13
	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	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2012	2312	2312	2277	2277	2278	2121	2121	1597	1976	1860	1860	1802	1881	1855	1728	1591	1565	1470	1449	1449	1339
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				5:24PM 1.84												5:43AM 1.66
Low Tide / height (m)										11:35PM 0.09												11:45AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	13
Chill °C (?)	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:26	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.5 S	-	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE
Period (s)	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	-	-	8	8	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-