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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	Sun	Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bloubergstrand Cape Town
Rating	0	6	7	4	0	8	5	4	4	3	4	9	9	8	7	5	4	3	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	11	18	16	16	16	14	14	13	10	12	12
Energy(?)	545	1094	5215	2326	9938	8083	6978	2531	2155	1152	979	1625	8354	7397	8259	5497	1500	1083	2673	1347	1870	1384
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	on	glass	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	11:04PM 1.28	12:12PM 0.99		12:19AM 1.10	1:11PM 1.10		1:14AM 1.20	1:53PM 1.21		1:56AM 1.30		2:29PM 1.33	2:34AM 1.39		3:03PM 1.47	3:10AM 1.47		3:36PM 1.55	3:45AM 1.52		4:09PM 1.62	4:27AM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)		5:55AM 0.56	6:15PM 0.63		6:59AM 0.46	7:14PM 0.54		7:43AM 0.36	7:57PM 0.43		8:18AM 0.25		8:34PM 0.32	8:51AM 0.15		9:10PM 0.22	9:23AM 0.08		9:45PM 0.14	9:57AM 0.28		10:23PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	heavy rain	rain shwrs	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	2	15	14	2	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	1	1	-
High °C	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	13	13	12	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	18	14	15	14	13
Low °C	14	14	13	11	13	13	11	12	13	11	10	13	14	13	15	14	14	16	14	14	14	11
Chill °C (?)	12	11	11	10	11	11	10	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	16	17	13	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:31	-	-	7:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 W	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	5.0 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SSW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	9	13	13	15	15	15	14	13	12	11	10	11	18	16	16	16	14	14	13	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.8 WSW	1.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 S	-	-	-	0.1 SE	-	1.6 SW	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	-	-	-	8	-	12	-	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NW	3.5 W	3.5 WSW	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	13	13	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 03			Monday 04								Tuesday 05								Wednesday 06
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	5	6	7	7	7	4	5	0	7	7	8	8	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.5 W	-	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	16	15	14	14	-	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	814	482	1590	545	9496	0	700	1110	5215	4210	5855	6040	6040	6151	2758	5767	9918	6425	6127	7221	7074	7036
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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
High Tide / height (m)			10:59PM 1.05					12:12PM 0.99				12:19AM 1.10				1:11PM 1.09				1:17AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	4:38PM 0.88					5:55AM 0.56				6:13PM 0.63				6:59AM 0.47				7:14PM 0.54				7:38AM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	heavy rain	light rain	light rain	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	11	4	2	2	1	2	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Chill °C (?)	14	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35
Sunset	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:08	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.3 W	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	16	15	9	14	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 WSW	0.1 SE	0.8 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	16	9	10	14	-	-	-	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 NW	1.4 NW	2.2 NW	1.5 NW	3.5 W	1.1 NNW	3.0 W	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	0.9 NW	0.6 NNW	0.6 N	0.6 N	0.6 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	14	5	13	13	13	4	4	3	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 03									Monday 04
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	5	6	7	7	7	4	5	0	7	7	8	8	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.5 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	-	-	4.0 W	1.8 SW	4.0 W
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	-	-	13	13	13
Energy(?)	520	277	684	251	1474	482	464	833	803	803	956	934	934	3289	744	2357	5499	0	0	4681	1094	5169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									10:59PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)			4:34PM 0.68													5:55AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3
High °C	17	18	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	16	17	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	13	11	11	13	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.7 SW	1.5 WSW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.6 W	1.6 W	1.6 W	2.5 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.5 WSW	4.0 W	3.5 W	3.5 W	4.0 W	1.8 SW	4.0 W
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	16	16	15	15	15	15	9	9	9	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 W	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	1.5 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	9	9	10	10	10	14	14	14	14	9	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 NW	1.2 NW	1.6 NW	1.3 NW	1.7 NW	1.4 NW	1.5 NW	2.0 NW	2.1 NW	2.1 NW	1.9 NW	1.9 NW	1.8 NW	1.7 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.8 NNW	2.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	1.5 NNW	2.0 NNW	3.5 W	2.3 NNW
Period (s)	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	5	6	7	5	5	7	13	7