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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	Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Friday 24			Saturday 25			Sunday 26			Mon
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	0	4	3	0	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	4	4	4	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	12	12	16	14	13	12	17	15	13	12	12	11	9	8	9	12	12	12	14
Energy(?)	1011	1691	908	432	812	1850	1519	1103	699	1795	2470	1684	1264	1025	377	212	485	1622	1372	1523	2379	6107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross- off	off	on	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)		2:32PM 1.54	2:54AM 1.44		2:59PM 1.54	3:21AM 1.45		3:27PM 1.52	3:55AM 1.65		3:55PM 1.47	4:17AM 1.38		4:23PM 1.40	4:46AM 1.31		4:52PM 1.31		5:23AM 1.48	5:24PM 1.47		5:55AM 1.15
Low Tide / height (m)	8:33AM 0.44		8:51PM 0.09	8:58AM 0.43		9:17PM 0.09	9:22AM 0.19		9:44PM 0.36	9:49AM 0.47		10:09PM 0.16	10:17AM 0.27		10:36PM 0.22	10:43AM 0.59		11:04PM 0.52	11:15AM 0.68		11:38PM 0.39	11:51AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	3	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	21	22	19	25	18	22	24	17	17	21	17	15	19	16	15	15	13	13	14	14	15
Low °C	14	20	15	15	20	16	20	22	16	16	20	14	15	18	15	14	14	13	13	14	12	13
Chill °C (?)	17	21	22	19	25	17	22	24	16	16	21	17	14	19	15	13	13	10	11	12	13	13
Sunrise	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:52	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	7:02	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:04	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:06	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SSW	-	0.1 S	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SSW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	13	12	12	16	14	13	12	11	15	13	12	12	11	-	17	9	12	12	12	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.4 S	0.2 SSW	1.3 SW	-	-	0.2 WSW	1.5 SW	-	-	-	-	0.9 WSW	-	0.1 S	1.9 WSW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	6	20	12	-	-	20	17	-	-	-	-	10	-	15	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.6 S	1.3 SE	1.8 SSE	2.0 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 S	1.1 S	-	0.8 SSW	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.9 SW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	4	5	-	4	-	-	-	-	9	8	-	-	-	-	-

	Sun	Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13
Energy(?)	4517	4262	3364	2481	2032	1020	1021	1162	1104	1005	1016	690	751	654	571	1117	1261	1826	2221	1918	1519	1326
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	off
Tide State(?)	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	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:26AM 1.41				2:32PM 1.54				2:54AM 1.44				2:59PM 1.54				3:29AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	8:31PM 0.37				8:28AM 0.20				8:56PM 0.35				8:55AM 0.19				9:16PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	15	22	18	19	22	16	15	15	16	23	23	18	19	20	17	17	20	20	17
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	14	22	17	18	22	15	14	14	15	23	23	17	19	20	17	17	20	20	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 S	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	8	13	12	12	12	12	12	16	15	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SW	-	1.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 SSW	0.5 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	7	20	20	19	17	12	7	7	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SE	-	1.9 SSE	2.0 SE	1.4 S	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.2 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	-	7	7	7	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6

	Sunday 19	Monday 20
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	4	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	4845	5347	5266	4071	4511	1907	1625	3505	2969	2635	2451	2165	2136	2573	1011	2484	1879	1766	1840	1753	1423	1262
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)							2:26AM 1.41												2:42PM 1.76
Low Tide / height (m)	8:31PM 0.37												8:28AM 0.20
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	17	17	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	14	14	16	18	17	18	21	24	20	20	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	16	16	15	12	13	11	11	13	12	13	13	16	18	17	17	21	24	20	20	20	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	1.2 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	1.9 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	-	-	-	1.7 SE	1.2 SE	1.8 SE	1.0 S	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	-	-	-	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7