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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	Fri	Saturday 03			Sunday 04			Monday 05			Tuesday 06			Wednesday 07			Thursday 08			Friday 09
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	0	0	3	0	0	3	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	0	5	4	0	4	3	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	1.6 SE	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period(s) (?)	16	14	14	13	6	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	723	795	1506	488	363	671	491	703	673	243	486	771	1883	2682	5194	3864	1307	1846	1164	731	784	555
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	on	on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:04AM 1.50		3:18PM 1.56	3:49AM 1.56		4:04PM 1.58	4:33AM 1.58		4:46PM 1.50		5:15AM 1.57	5:29PM 1.42		5:56AM 1.52	6:09PM 1.31		6:36AM 1.44	6:51PM 1.20		7:19AM 1.34	7:40PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	8:52PM 0.04	9:12AM 0.14		9:37PM 0.01	9:59AM 0.11		10:19PM 0.01	10:45AM 0.12		10:59PM 0.05	11:29AM 0.17		11:38PM 0.13	12:13PM 0.24		12:15AM 0.23	12:56PM 0.33		1:00AM 0.60	1:43PM 0.42		1:35AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	20	23	20	22	25	20	21	23	21	23	21	21	20	22	19	20	23	20	22	27	26
Low °C	19	20	23	19	20	23	19	19	22	20	21	21	19	19	22	17	19	23	18	19	26	19
Chill °C (?)	21	20	23	19	22	25	19	21	23	21	23	21	21	20	22	18	20	23	20	22	27	26
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-
Sunset	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-	-	8:00	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 WSW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW
Period (s)	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 NW	1.1 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	1.1 S
Period (s)	11	15	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	5	14	13	11	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.4 S	2.0 S	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	2.0 S	1.5 SE	0.6 SSE	0.5 SSW	-	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSE	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.8 S	1.2 S	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	4	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	3	9	9	9	9	-

	Friday 02			Saturday 03								Sunday 04								Monday 05
	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	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	6	6	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1243	1215	642	723	796	815	795	766	711	684	567	956	441	723	363	365	342	328	441	511	425	501
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	on	on	off	cross- on	on	on	on	on	off	on	off	on	cross- on	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)	2:29PM 1.54				3:04AM 1.50				3:18PM 1.56				3:49AM 1.56				4:03PM 1.55				4:33AM 1.58
Low Tide / height (m)			8:52PM 0.04				9:12AM 0.14				9:37PM 0.01				9:59AM 0.11				10:21PM 0.30
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	20	19	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	21	22	21	21	20	20	18	18	20
Chill °C (?)	21	21	20	20	18	21	19	19	19	19	18	19	18	21	22	21	21	19	20	18	18	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:00	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	12	8	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.6 S
Period (s)	18	18	11	11	8	11	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	5
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	-	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.8 S	1.6 SSE	1.5 S	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SE	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	0.9 S	0.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	-	8	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	4

	Friday 02									Saturday 03
	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	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town
Rating	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s) (?)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Energy(?)	855	996	417	445	494	646	593	642	642	635	658	1428	717	1546	796	775	836	895	1786	1622	1795	1828
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:29PM 1.54													3:04AM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)							8:52PM 0.04													9:12AM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	23	23	23
Chill °C (?)	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	18	18	18	20	20	23	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 WSW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.7 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.5 SW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	10	10	10	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.7 S
Period (s)	3	3	3	3	3	-	-	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7