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 02			Tuesday 03			Wednesday 04			Thursday 05			Friday 06			Saturday 07			Sunday 08
	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	3.5 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	7729	4926	3200	1893	1140	795	859	688	1425	1905	977	1089	734	432	248	295	1209	3183	2667	1600	1359	1401
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	glass	cross	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- on	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:49AM 1.81		3:07PM 1.76	3:24AM 1.88		3:33PM 1.53	3:50AM 1.69		4:05PM 1.53	4:19AM 1.65		4:35PM 1.49	4:48AM 1.60		5:04PM 1.43		5:16AM 1.51	5:33PM 1.34		5:43AM 1.40	6:01PM 1.24
Low Tide / height (m)	8:40PM 0.40	9:05AM 0.37		9:14PM 0.34	9:33AM 0.04		9:40PM 0.02	10:05AM 0.03		10:09PM 0.05	10:35AM 0.05		10:38PM 0.10	11:03AM 0.10		11:05PM 0.17	11:30AM 0.19		11:32PM 0.27	11:57AM 0.29		11:58PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	17	19	17	17	19	18	19	21	20	20	21	20	21	21	20	17	18	16	19	26	22
Low °C	16	17	18	15	16	18	17	18	21	19	19	21	19	19	21	17	17	17	14	13	23	17
Chill °C (?)	15	17	19	16	17	19	18	19	21	20	20	21	20	21	21	20	16	17	14	19	26	22
Sunrise	-	6:33	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:39	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:14	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	0.4 WSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	1.3 SSE
Period (s)	13	13	14	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	14	13	12	15	10	10	13	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 S	0.6 SSE	0.6 S	1.1 S	1.4 SE	3.5 S	1.7 SE	-	1.5 SSE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4	6	6	12	7	-	8	8

	Sunday 01			Monday 02								Tuesday 03								Wednesday 04
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	0	0	9	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	11291	10679	9265	7990	7377	6117	4444	3958	3491	2942	1345	1893	1588	1265	1090	686	756	620	611	662	741	697
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
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)	2:30PM 1.69				2:44AM 1.55				3:00PM 1.50				3:18AM 1.63				3:34PM 1.54				3:49AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)			8:40PM 0.40				9:00AM 0.10				9:10PM 0.05				9:33AM 0.04				9:40PM 0.03
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	16	16	15	16	15	15	18	17	17	18	17	17	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35
Sunset	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 01	Monday 02
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	0	0	9	8	8	7	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	11139	11139	11291	11290	11725	11380	9682	10623	9918	9231	4407	7437	7172	6870	6325	4986	6554	5395	5244	4789	4280	4207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:30PM 1.69												2:44AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)							8:35PM 0.11												8:59AM 0.10
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	15	16	16	16	15	17	17	15	16	17	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	14	16	16	16	15	17	17	15	16	17	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	5.0 SW	4.5 SW	3.5 SSW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SSW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	-	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	15	15	15	14	15	14	-	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-