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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	Thu	Friday 01			Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	9	8	5	4	4	3	2	3	0	0	0	9	0	0	5	4	4	3	4	4	9	9
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	0.8 WSW	2.5 W	4.5 W	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	16	14	13	14	14	15	14	13	12	12	11	13	13	18
Energy(?)	10637	9481	6716	3751	1819	1230	633	398	747	3001	13099	4806	8991	9207	7462	2221	2386	1619	853	1632	2249	9189
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	off	on	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	off	cross	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		7:52AM 1.03		8:25PM 1.36	9:06AM 1.19		9:24PM 1.06	10:39AM 0.94		10:59PM 1.04	12:12PM 0.99		12:19AM 1.10	1:17PM 1.33		1:17AM 1.41	1:58PM 1.44		1:57AM 1.32		2:29PM 1.35	2:34AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)	2:00AM 0.71	1:42PM 0.55		3:01AM 0.77		3:00PM 0.84	4:17AM 0.59		4:31PM 0.68		5:56AM 0.56	6:10PM 0.84		6:53AM 0.67	7:12PM 0.75		7:38AM 0.57	7:57PM 0.65		8:19AM 0.25		8:35PM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	9	4	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	11	13	14	17	21	21	19	19	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	14	15	15
Low °C	12	11	12	13	16	21	19	16	18	13	14	13	13	12	13	13	11	12	11	11	14	13
Chill °C (?)	11	9	12	14	17	21	21	19	18	12	11	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	14	14	14
Sunrise	-	7:39	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:06	-	-	6:04	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	2.5 W	4.0 W	3.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	4.5 WSW	2.5 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	14	14	15	14	13	12	12	11	13	13	18
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.5 ESE	0.8 WSW	-	-	-	1.8 SW	-	-	-	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	8	16	-	-	-	15	-	-	-	12	12	11	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.9 WNW	1.3 NW	1.0 N	4.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	6	6	6	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 31			Friday 01								Saturday 02								Sunday 03
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards 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	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg
Rating	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	11985	12397	9925	9663	9367	9092	9481	8427	7495	6579	5302	3751	3169	2354	1819	1583	1196	914	766	633	528	387
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:26PM 1.23				8:00AM 1.26					8:13PM 1.13				9:06AM 1.19				9:23PM 1.07
Low Tide / height (m)				2:00AM 0.71				1:42PM 0.55					2:47AM 0.56				3:00PM 0.84				4:16AM 0.61
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	12	13	14	16	17	20	21	21	19	21	20	16
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	11	11	9	8	8	9	11	11	12	13	16	17	20	21	21	19	21	20	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35
Sunset	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.3 SSE
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	20	18	7	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SE	1.5 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.5 NW	1.0 WNW	1.3 WNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	3	5	6

	Thursday 31	Friday 01
	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	Boneyards Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards 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	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg
Rating	0	0	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	12237	13409	11985	11621	11430	11182	11779	11584	11234	10892	10818	9663	10374	9888	9367	9716	10081	9092	9075	8805	8641	8263
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)						7:37PM 1.45												8:00AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)												2:00AM 0.71
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	12
Chill °C (?)	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.5 SW	5.5 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	-	-	-	-	-	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	17	17	17	17	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-