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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	Tue		Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tue
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in 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	Dunes Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Sunset Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	7	13	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12
Energy	581	620	1230	1112	948	798	659	824	1397	1446	1055	573	579	690	1634	1155	1676	1076	631	966	1596	1380
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	off	on	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	4:34PM 1.33	4:40AM 1.34		5:10PM 1.30		5:14AM 1.27	5:49PM 1.27		5:52AM 1.21	6:31PM 1.25		6:36AM 1.15	7:19PM 1.23		7:31AM 1.11		8:12PM 1.47	8:38AM 1.08		9:16PM 1.49	9:57AM 1.31
Low Tide / height (m)		10:35PM 0.35	10:55AM 0.26		11:13PM 0.40	11:29AM 0.30		11:53PM 0.44	12:06PM 0.34		12:38AM 0.48	12:48PM 0.39		1:38AM 0.71	1:38PM 0.43		2:46AM 0.70		2:38PM 0.46	3:57AM 0.66		3:48PM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	mod. rain	light rain	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	5	1	-	-	3	2	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	14	14	15	15	15	16	15	15	16
Low °C	16	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	13	14	14	13	15	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	16
Chill °C	14	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	13	12	15	15	15	15	15	15	16
Sunrise	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-
Sunset	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	1.9 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.0 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	10	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.9 SE	0.4 SE	0.1 NW	0.3 SE	0.9 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	10	11	11	10	10	10	15	11	10	14	13	12	12	11	11	12	13	12	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.9 SSE	2.5 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.2 SE	1.8 SSE	1.6 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WNW	0.5 NW	0.8 NNW	-	-	0.8 S	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	8	9	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	2	4	4	-	-	4	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02					Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Fri
	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.6 SE
Period(s)	11	10	7	7	7	13	13	13	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Energy	860	462	581	772	889	620	800	1074	1230	1104	1112	1069	1146	948	909	869	798	723	659	554	1211	824
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	on	on	on	on	off	off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- off	off	off
Tide State	low	mid-flow	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
High Tide / height (m)			4:34PM 1.33				4:40AM 1.34					5:10PM 1.30				5:14AM 1.27				5:48PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)	10:21AM 0.23				10:37PM 0.36				10:55AM 0.26					11:13PM 0.40				11:29AM 0.30				11:53PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	13	14	14
Chill °C	16	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	9	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 SW	0.8 W	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.2 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	10	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	14	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.2 SSE	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.2 SE	2.5 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	-
Period (s)	-	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	-

	Tuesday 02															Wednesday 03
	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period(s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	1018	1032	860	1054	437	462	473	490	581	645	786	772	786	914	889	670	679	620	1614	664	800	1020
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	off	off	off	off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)									4:34PM 1.33												4:40AM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)			10:21AM 0.23												10:37PM 0.36
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15
Chill °C	15	15	16	16	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13
Sunrise	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.7 WSW	1.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 W	0.1 SW	0.8 W	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.2 ESE	0.9 SSE	-	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.5 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	8	4	-	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	8	7	7	7