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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	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thu
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Dungeons Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	2	2	0	5	0	5	0	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 WSW	1.3 SW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.5 S	2.0 S
Period(s) (?)	9	9	19	17	10	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	14	10	13	9	8
Energy(?)	257	140	405	919	3747	13133	4753	3771	2711	792	1454	1172	2408	2093	1381	1013	977	1617	1401	805	708	801
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)	8:21AM 1.51		8:46PM 1.04	9:21AM 1.21		10:04PM 1.01	10:29AM 1.21		11:18PM 1.04	11:27AM 1.21		12:15AM 1.08	12:18PM 1.23		1:01AM 1.15	1:01PM 1.27		1:48AM 1.47	1:41PM 1.31		2:15AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)		2:49PM 0.48	2:47AM 0.50		4:05PM 0.50	4:00AM 0.55		5:14PM 0.47		5:13AM 0.56	6:09PM 0.42		6:11AM 0.53	6:54PM 0.37		6:59AM 0.48	7:36PM 0.57		7:40AM 0.43		8:06PM 0.26	8:16AM 0.37
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	4	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	4	1	-
High °C	25	23	19	21	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	20	20	23	20	23	22	20	20	18	18	17
Low °C	22	22	16	19	18	16	16	17	16	16	19	19	19	22	19	21	21	18	19	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	25	23	19	21	18	17	16	16	16	17	19	20	20	23	20	23	22	20	20	18	17	16
Sunrise	5:26	-	-	5:26	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:24	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	7:50	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	9	9	9	17	16	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	9	10	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SE	0.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.2 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	1.5 WSW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.1 NW	0.5 S
Period (s)	6	14	8	8	12	12	18	18	10	16	10	19	15	18	16	16	16	14	15	10	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.1 NW	3.0 WSW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	1.5 W	0.5 N	-	-	1.5 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	5	10	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	4	-	-	9	8

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	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	4	5	4	0	0	0	6	5	5	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	4.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	677	301	257	228	235	232	297	218	638	808	1434	1618	3049	2852	7591	7729	6734	5863	3618	3121	3771	1621
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off
Tide State(?)	mid-flow	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			8:15AM 1.26				8:45PM 1.05				9:22AM 1.22				10:04PM 1.01				10:28AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)					2:49PM 0.48				2:48AM 0.50				4:05PM 0.50				4:15AM 0.79					5:16PM 0.49
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	21	25	25	22	20	19	19	17	19	20	18	19	18	17	17	16	16	17	18	17	16
Chill °C (?)	19	21	25	25	22	20	19	19	16	18	19	17	18	17	16	16	15	16	17	18	16	15
Sunrise	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:51	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 SE	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.2 SSW
Period (s)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	18	18	17	16	16	16	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.8 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 S	0.9 WSW	0.7 SW	0.3 W	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	14	6	6	6	14	21	20	8	9	9	9	16	16	16	12	12	12	11	11	10	18	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	0.4 WSW	-	0.4 NNW	0.5 NNW	1.3 W	2.1 WSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	3	3	8	9	10	10	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg
Rating	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	0	0	4	5	4	0	0	0	6	5	5	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Energy(?)	758	266	423	393	430	463	348	280	299	298	295	228	241	235	322	256	267	262	232	255	301	184
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)							8:15AM 1.27												8:46PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)													2:49PM 0.48
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	19	20	22	23	22	22	22	21	25	24	24	20	20	21	20	20	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	19	20	22	23	22	22	22	21	25	24	24	20	20	21	20	20	20	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SSW	0.9 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	0.3 SW	0.6 SE	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SE	0.5 SE	0.2 SSW	0.7 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.1 SW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.6 SW
Period (s)	14	15	15	15	6	6	14	6	14	14	14	6	6	14	6	6	10	10	21	8	9	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.0 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 SE	1.4 SE	0.9 ESE	1.2 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	-	-	-	-