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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	Mon		Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Mon
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town
Rating	3	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	2	3	0	0	4	4	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 S	1.6 SE	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	7	16	15	13	13	13	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	17	16	14	14
Energy(?)	567	374	366	626	286	287	928	966	1590	3452	1922	1207	1949	1750	766	1012	451	655	1284	1581	640	1561
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		2:01AM 1.32		2:02PM 1.43	2:31AM 1.37		2:33PM 1.44	3:01AM 1.40		3:05PM 1.44	3:31AM 1.38		3:36PM 1.41	4:03AM 1.36		4:08PM 1.37	4:36AM 1.32		4:40PM 1.32		5:12AM 1.28	5:16PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	7:55PM 0.20		8:01AM 0.31		8:24PM 0.16	8:32AM 0.28		8:53PM 0.16	9:02AM 0.27		9:22PM 0.16	9:33AM 0.28		9:52PM 0.18	10:04AM 0.31		10:23PM 0.22	10:37AM 0.35		10:56PM 0.27	11:13AM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	20	18	20	17	20	24	17	19	23	18	20	25	18	23	22	20	20	23	20	19	19
Low °C	25	16	16	19	17	17	21	16	17	21	16	17	23	18	19	22	18	19	22	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	26	20	17	20	16	20	24	15	18	23	17	19	25	16	23	22	20	20	23	20	19	18
Sunrise	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:31	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:28	-
Sunset	7:28	-	-	7:29	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:30	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:36
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	10	16	15	13	13	13	15	16	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	11	18	11	16	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SW	0.6 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	1.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.3 SW	0.1 W	1.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	13	18	10	14	13	20	18	12	20	18	6	12	12	-	7	16	20	15	17	15	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	1.8 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.8 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.9 S	1.4 SE	1.6 SSE	2.3 S	2.5 SE	1.7 SSE	2.1 S	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	1.2 S	1.0 SSE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	6	6	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	6	7	6	11	5	6	5	8

	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thu
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	8	8	8	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	17	16	15
Energy(?)	716	479	579	543	522	517	524	199	366	426	405	363	510	632	581	403	287	422	666	879	1878	1942
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	on	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	off	off	off	off	on	cross- on	on	on	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:32PM 1.41					2:01AM 1.33				2:03PM 1.43				2:31AM 1.37				2:34PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				7:55PM 0.20				8:00AM 0.31	8:01AM 0.31				8:24PM 0.16				8:32AM 0.28				8:53PM 0.15
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	21	20	23	19	16	15	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	15	17	20	19	18	17	17	16
Chill °C (?)	24	21	19	23	19	15	14	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	14	16	20	18	17	15	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 S	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	16	13	13	13	18	18	16	10	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	20	19	18	17	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6

	Monday 17	Tuesday 18
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 S	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	7	7	11	11	11	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	18	17
Energy(?)	837	365	348	771	482	482	516	502	579	522	490	439	548	564	522	512	354	374	329	318	524	518
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	off	off	off	off	on	on	on	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)						1:31PM 1.40													2:01AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)												7:56PM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	19	21	25	26	26	27	25	20	21	20	20	22	21	19	18	16	16	16	16	15	15
Chill °C (?)	20	19	21	25	26	26	27	25	19	21	20	20	22	21	19	18	14	14	15	15	14	14
Sunrise	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 S	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	11	11	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW
Period (s)	11	16	16	11	16	16	16	21	13	13	20	20	13	13	13	13	18	18	18	18	18	17
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 S	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.2 S	1.3 S
Period (s)	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	7	7