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.

Cape Town Surf Forecast

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Preloading...

Long range forecasts are available for members only
Sign Up

Already have an account? Sign in

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

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.

Cape Town Photos

Cape Town Wavefinder

Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Saturday 19			Sunday 20			Monday 21			Tuesday 22			Wednesday 23			Thursday 24			Friday 25			Sat
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg
Rating	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	5	4	5	5	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	18	18	16	16	14	14	13
Energy(?)	3355	2504	1713	1325	3145	1563	1235	2382	1372	1230	799	496	398	592	1366	2456	2685	2859	4560	4193	1797	2317
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	glass	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross	cross- on	glass
High Tide / height (m)	10:05AM 1.10		10:38PM 1.51	11:31AM 1.12		11:50PM 1.29	12:50PM 1.43		1:06AM 1.57	1:45PM 1.32		1:58AM 1.41		2:33PM 1.41	2:47AM 1.46		3:17PM 1.48	3:29AM 1.48		4:01PM 1.75	4:09AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		4:00PM 0.49		5:14AM 0.38	5:32PM 0.48		6:36AM 0.54	6:55PM 0.62		7:33AM 0.24	7:53PM 0.32		8:22AM 0.16		8:43PM 0.23	9:06AM 0.10		9:28PM 0.17	9:45AM 0.07		10:10PM 0.15	10:21AM 0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	15	14	14	16	13	14	15	13	14	17	17	16	16	15	14	15	13	13	14	13	14
Low °C	12	15	14	14	14	13	12	14	13	13	17	15	15	16	14	14	14	13	13	14	11	11
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	14	16	12	14	14	11	14	17	17	16	15	13	12	14	12	11	12	11	14
Sunrise	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:41
Sunset	-	5:57	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:59	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:00	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SSW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	15	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	12	12	18	16	16	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.2 E	-	1.7 SSW	-	-	-	0.2 S	0.4 SSW	1.0 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.4 S	0.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	11	-	17	-	-	-	15	13	8	11	10	10	21	18	12	11	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 SSE	-	-	1.1 S	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 E
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	7	-	-	7	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3

	Saturday 19							Sunday 20								Monday 21
	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Kamer Van Cape Town
Rating	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	5270	3783	3355	3005	2504	2094	1952	1703	1583	1594	1688	3028	4136	3820	3021	3026	1289	3009	1277	2677	1488	2207
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)			10:08AM 1.32				10:38PM 1.51					11:31AM 1.12				11:51PM 1.30				12:50PM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)	3:50AM 0.39				4:00PM 0.49					5:14AM 0.39				5:32PM 0.48				6:30AM 0.32				6:50PM 0.41
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	11	12	13	14	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	15	14	13
Chill °C (?)	10	12	13	14	16	15	13	14	14	14	15	14	13	12	13	11	13	14	14	14	12	11
Sunrise	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	17	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	0.2 E	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	-	-	0.4 ESE	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	12	17	17	-	-	9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	-	-

	Saturday 19	Sun
	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Kamer Van Cape Town
Rating	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	5846	5020	4748	4804	4016	3783	3728	3511	3355	3206	3050	3005	2094	2542	1831	2376	1099	2221	1011	1952	972	1806
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									10:08AM 1.32												10:30PM 1.29
Low Tide / height (m)		3:50AM 0.38	4:04AM 0.61											4:00PM 0.49
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	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	15	16	14	16	16	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	9	10	11	10	12	12	12	13	13	15	16	14	16	16	13	13	13	14	13	14	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 E	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-