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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	Sat		Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Sat
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg 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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	0	3	4	0	4	3	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	3	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	7	7	7	7	13	12	15
Energy(?)	3171	2017	1736	1293	1035	829	1100	1150	697	1113	1199	417	626	441	397	997	400	342	553	358	269	773
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	on	on	off	off	on	cross	off	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		12:37AM 1.51	12:49PM 1.73		1:13AM 1.41	1:23PM 1.61		2:01AM 1.75		2:05PM 1.70	2:36AM 1.57		2:54PM 1.97	3:18AM 1.59		3:29PM 1.73	4:01AM 1.57		4:14PM 1.63	4:45AM 1.50		5:00PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	6:24PM 0.29		6:37AM 0.53	7:06PM 0.13		7:12AM 0.19	7:46PM 0.00		7:55AM 0.11		8:27PM -0.08	8:37AM 0.05		9:08PM -0.11	9:20AM 0.04		9:50PM -0.08	10:04AM 0.08		10:34PM 0.01	10:51AM 0.16
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	16	19	15	16	17	15	16	19	17	18	22	17	19	23	21	22	29	21	23	27
Low °C	16	14	15	18	13	14	16	15	15	18	15	16	18	16	17	22	15	16	25	18	21	24
Chill °C (?)	14	14	15	18	14	15	16	13	15	18	16	17	22	15	18	23	21	22	29	21	23	27
Sunrise	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-
Sunset	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	1.5 WSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.2 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	11	12	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	1.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 S
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	16	15	14	23	23	21	20	19	18	13	16	6
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.7 SE	-	-	-	1.0 S	-	1.1 SSE	1.8 S	1.6 SE	1.6 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.8 SSE	2.5 SE	0.9 SE	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	6	4	-	-	-	4	-	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	6	6

	Saturday 01					Sunday 02								Monday 03								Tue
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11
Energy(?)	2914	3519	3171	2721	2350	2017	1816	1756	1638	1621	1379	629	1066	1035	1245	1055	1067	718	688	673	492	1177
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	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
High Tide / height (m)		12:04PM 1.58				12:28AM 1.28				12:42PM 1.49				1:13AM 1.41				1:24PM 1.62				1:55AM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)				6:24PM 0.29				6:37AM 0.53				7:07PM 0.14				7:13AM 0.19				7:47PM 0.00
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	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	17	16	16	15	15	14	13	17	20	17	16	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	16	15	15	14	14	13	14	13	17	15	15	13	13	13	12	17	20	16	14	13	13	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.6 WSW	1.5 WSW	2.1 SW	1.6 SSW	2.1 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW
Period (s)	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 SSW	0.5 SSW	-	0.3 S	0.1 NW	0.9 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.4 WSW	1.2 WSW	-	1.0 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.8 WSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	-	15	11	11	11	11	13	11	-	11	15	14	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 S	1.0 ESE	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.8 SSE	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	5	6	6	4	-	4	5	4	4	-

	Saturday 01	Sunday 02
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg
Rating	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	0	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 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	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2574	2962	3150	2930	3026	3171	3171	3324	3171	3324	2990	1331	2678	2521	2111	998	2050	1085	1011	1003	924	2104
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				11:58AM 1.34													12:28AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)											6:24PM 0.30
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	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	15	16	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	15	14	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
Sunrise	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 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	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.1 S	0.1 S	-	-	0.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	-	11	12	11	11	-	-	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-