Cape Town Surf

Cape Town Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Cape Town Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Cape Town Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Cape Town Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Cape Town Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Cape Town Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Cape Town Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Cape Town Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Cape Town Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Cape Town Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Wed	Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Sunset Beach Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road 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	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town
Rating	4	2	1	1	5	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s)	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	8	8	8	12	13	12	16
Energy	1046	998	1336	477	3650	1113	1279	3133	2963	2023	1399	1347	1027	1182	1546	591	531	1250	963	642	693	1165
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	11:28PM 1.59	12:13PM 1.45		12:19AM 1.45	1:04PM 1.31		1:22AM 1.74	1:56PM 1.40		2:14AM 1.79		2:45PM 1.47	2:58AM 1.59		3:34PM 1.53	3:53AM 1.79		4:27PM 1.78	4:42AM 1.73		5:15PM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)		6:04AM 0.50	6:02PM 0.38		6:51AM 0.18	7:02PM 0.30		7:43AM 0.09	7:57PM 0.22	8:02PM 0.44	8:37AM 0.27		8:49PM 0.16	9:21AM 0.01		9:45PM 0.37	10:11AM 0.26		10:37PM 0.38	10:55AM 0.05		11:24PM 0.17
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	8	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	15	16	16	15	13	15	15	14	13	14	15	16	15	13	17	16	15	19	17
Low °C	14	13	16	14	15	15	13	13	14	13	13	11	11	15	16	13	13	16	14	14	18	16
Chill °C (?)	16	15	14	13	15	15	15	12	14	15	14	10	13	14	16	14	12	17	16	14	19	16
Sunrise	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:48	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:42	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.5 SW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.8 WSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.6 SSW	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	10	11	11	10	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	11	10	10	8	12	13	12	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.2 S	-	-	-	-	1.5 SSW	1.2 W	1.0 W	0.7 W	0.5 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	-	0.5 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSE	0.6 S	0.8 S	-
Period (s)	8	11	-	-	-	-	12	10	10	10	8	12	12	11	11	-	13	12	8	6	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.4 NNW	1.6 NW	0.8 WNW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	-	1.6 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.3 SE	1.6 SE	-	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	-	3	5	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	7	11	8	8	8	8	-	7	6

	Wednesday 10			Thursday 11								Friday 12								Saturday 13
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Sunset Beach Cape Town	Sunset Beach Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Danger 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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	4	1	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	3.0 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s)	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12
Energy	1017	1152	1066	1046	1221	1140	998	968	1336	581	1207	477	4881	703	3650	1344	1113	1385	1205	1279	1670	2169
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off
Tide State	low	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	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				11:28PM 1.59				12:13PM 1.45				12:19AM 1.45				1:04PM 1.31				1:22AM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)	4:58PM 0.44					5:55AM 0.27				6:02PM 0.38				6:51AM 0.18				7:08PM 0.50				7:48AM 0.32
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	14	13	13	16	18	16	16	15	15	15	14	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	14	12	12	15	17	14	14	14	14	14	13	15	13	14	15	14	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.4 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.5 SW	3.0 WSW	1.8 SW	2.5 WSW	2.5 WSW	2.2 WSW	2.5 WSW	1.9 W	1.8 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 S	0.2 S	-	0.1 S	0.1 N	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	1.4 SW	1.5 SSW	1.6 W	1.4 W
Period (s)	11	8	8	8	7	7	11	11	-	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	10	12	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NNW	0.8 NNW	1.6 NW	1.1 NW	1.0 NW	0.8 WNW	3.0 WSW	0.6 WNW	3.0 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	5	5	5	4	12	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Wednesday 10									Thursday 11
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Sunset Beach Cape Town	Witsands Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	1	1	4	1	1	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s)	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy	1015	1033	1017	1035	1152	1152	1152	1152	1066	1122	1048	1046	1319	1129	1221	1202	1140	1140	1105	381	998	1231
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										11:21PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			4:58PM 0.44													5:55AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	14	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S
Period (s)	8	8	11	11	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NNW	0.4 NNW	1.0 NNW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	4