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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	Sunday 25			Monday 26			Tuesday 27			Wednesday 28			Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sun
	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	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	5	4	0	4	3	0	2	2	0	5	5	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	16	15	14
Energy(?)	1382	1255	993	1203	1463	1169	1972	2223	1242	1070	2005	1435	1014	1510	1165	403	532	554	219	2687	4110	1470
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on
High Tide / height (m)		7:46PM 1.16		8:16AM 1.30		9:03PM 1.07	9:35AM 1.23		10:44PM 1.05	11:12AM 1.22		12:17AM 1.14	12:38PM 1.32		1:25AM 1.28	1:39PM 1.40		2:20AM 1.68		2:35PM 1.73	3:00AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	1:41PM 0.35		1:44AM 0.41		3:02PM 0.68	2:56AM 0.51		4:22PM 0.45	4:42AM 0.54		5:59PM 0.39		6:24AM 0.50	7:10PM 0.28		7:33AM 0.35		8:07PM 0.45	8:31AM 0.49		8:49PM 0.08	9:12AM 0.12
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	24	21	22	22	20	20	21	19	19	22	19	22	27	21	22	25	20	20	21	19	21
Low °C	19	24	18	20	22	19	19	21	18	18	21	18	19	23	20	21	24	20	20	20	18	18
Chill °C (?)	21	24	21	22	22	20	20	21	19	18	22	18	22	27	21	22	25	20	20	21	18	21
Sunrise	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05
Sunset	-	7:54	-	-	7:55	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	16	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 S	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 SE	0.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 SW	-	-	-
Period (s)	13	13	13	15	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	-	-	13	8	12	10	19	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	1.5 S	1.3 SE	0.7 SE	-	0.8 SE	-	-	0.2 ESE	0.4 SE	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	-	5	-	-	7	3	10	5	-

	Sat	Sunday 25								Monday 26								Tuesday 27
	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1694	1587	1309	1266	1224	1372	1334	1353	1339	1155	1073	1014	1048	1242	1432	1702	1575	1525	1670	1670	1473	1039
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross
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
High Tide / height (m)				7:18AM 1.40				7:48PM 1.15					8:15AM 1.35				9:08PM 1.34				9:35AM 1.23
Low Tide / height (m)		12:51AM 0.30				1:42PM 0.34				1:44AM 0.41					2:49PM 0.42				3:10AM 0.76
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	19	19	20	23	21	21	20	19	19	18	20	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	19	20	23
Chill °C (?)	19	19	19	20	23	21	21	20	19	19	18	20	22	22	21	20	20	20	19	19	20	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 S	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	-
Period (s)	-	19	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	15	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Saturday 24	Sunday 25
	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	1875	1722	1614	1587	1594	1602	1584	1584	1478	1287	1287	1266	1170	1235	1231	1273	1214	1193	1193	1348	1027	686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												7:18AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)					12:58AM 0.57													1:50PM 0.61
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	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	21	22
Chill °C (?)	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	18	19	20	21	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	21	22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	19	13	19	19	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-