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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	Saturday 02			Sunday 03			Monday 04			Tuesday 05			Wednesday 06			Thursday 07			Friday 08			Sat
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town
Rating	4	0	3	3	0	3	6	8	0	0	8	4	4	4	4	4	9	9	7	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 WNW	0.5 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	7	16	14	13	14	15	16	15	14	12	12	10	10	11	17	16	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1819	607	570	835	244	640	835	5383	11278	12738	7562	5001	1381	1940	965	978	1870	8953	8439	5497	3313	2285
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:58AM 0.96		9:33PM 1.29	10:46AM 1.17		11:04PM 1.28	12:14PM 1.00		12:20AM 1.12	1:12PM 1.11		1:15AM 1.23	1:55PM 1.25		1:57AM 1.34		2:28PM 1.34	2:34AM 1.39		3:02PM 1.45	3:10AM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)		3:00PM 0.84	4:26AM 0.79		4:38PM 0.88		5:57AM 0.57	6:13PM 0.63		7:00AM 0.47	7:15PM 0.57		7:45AM 0.38	7:57PM 0.43		8:18AM 0.25		8:34PM 0.32	8:51AM 0.15		9:10PM 0.22	9:23AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	6	8	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	20	19	18	17	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	11	12	14	14	14	16	14	14
Low °C	15	20	18	17	16	14	14	13	12	13	13	12	12	13	10	11	14	14	14	16	13	14
Chill °C (?)	17	20	19	17	16	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	9	11	13	14	13	16	13	13
Sunrise	7:37	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:33	-	-	7:31
Sunset	-	6:06	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:10	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 WSW	1.6 WSW	4.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	5.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.0 SW	2.4 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	11	11	14	13	14	15	16	15	14	12	12	10	10	11	17	16	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.4 ESE	0.1 SW	1.1 WNW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.1 NE	-	-	-	-	2.2 SSW	-	1.7 SSW	1.1 S	0.7 S	0.8 SW	0.6 S	0.6 S	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	6	18	6	16	10	6	-	-	-	-	14	-	11	11	10	20	10	9	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	2.0 WNW	1.2 NW	1.4 NW	3.5 W	1.1 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.0 ESE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	6	7	12	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10	4	-	-	-

	Saturday 02							Sunday 03								Monday 04
	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	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	2	3	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	3	6	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	2.0 WNW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.5 W	0.3 NE	1.3 WSW	4.5 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	7	11	11	16	15	14	14	4	13	13	14	15
Energy(?)	3003	2354	1819	1583	1120	914	766	319	534	425	835	440	546	483	1306	640	4589	3	546	11920	5383	7052
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	off	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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			9:06AM 1.19				9:23PM 1.07				10:36AM 0.96				10:58PM 1.08					12:12PM 0.99
Low Tide / height (m)					3:00PM 0.84				4:16AM 0.61				4:25PM 0.71					5:55AM 0.56				6:13PM 0.63
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7	3	2	2
Temp. °C	14	15	17	20	20	20	20	19	19	17	18	20	20	14	15	14	13	14	14	13	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	15	17	20	20	20	20	18	18	16	17	20	20	12	13	12	10	11	12	11	11	11
Sunrise	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:07	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.5 WSW	1.2 WSW	3.5 W	3.0 W	1.3 WSW	4.0 W	4.0 WSW	4.0 WSW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 SSE	1.1 WNW	0.4 ESE	0.6 WSW	0.1 SE	0.3 ESE	0.7 SW	-	-	0.1 NE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	18	20	19	18	8	6	8	16	10	9	10	-	-	6	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 NW	1.3 WNW	1.6 WNW	2.0 WNW	1.0 W	1.1 W	1.3 NW	1.7 WNW	1.4 NW	2.0 NNW	0.3 NE	2.5 W	4.5 W	1.1 WNW	0.8 NW
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	7	6	6	6	7	7	6	4	12	13	4	4

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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	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Kleinmond Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Baileys Cottage Reef Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town
Rating	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	0	3	2	3	2	3	0	4	0	0	0	3	6	6	8
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	3682	3275	2887	2693	2532	2354	2241	1030	1846	1846	1494	1387	1246	672	1037	525	1011	480	421	779	590	590
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							8:56AM 0.97													9:24PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)		3:01AM 0.77											2:38PM 0.66
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	18	19	19	20	21	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20
Chill °C (?)	12	13	14	15	15	15	14	15	18	19	19	20	21	20	20	20	19	20	20	20	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:06	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.5 E	0.4 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	20	20	20	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 N	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-