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

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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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	Mon		Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Mon
	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	Dumps Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	0	2	3	2	3	4	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	12	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	1712	1415	537	778	560	607	581	983	1669	2733	3736	3110	3725	1656	1141	2148	1259	2795	4474	2965	2413	1452
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	4:34PM 1.59	4:47AM 1.43		5:10PM 1.73		5:17AM 1.36	5:30PM 1.45		5:51AM 1.50	5:58PM 1.35		6:14AM 1.20	6:28PM 1.26		6:51AM 1.07	7:06PM 1.12		7:38AM 0.98		8:10PM 1.01	9:41AM 0.90
Low Tide / height (m)		10:49PM 0.13	10:50AM 0.15		11:18PM 0.43	11:17AM 0.23		11:44PM 0.26	11:47AM 0.53		12:12AM 0.35	12:08PM 0.42		12:45AM 0.45	12:42PM 0.53		1:27AM 0.56	1:25PM 0.65		2:55AM 0.64		3:32PM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	14	13	16	13	13	17	14	14	17	14	14	16	15	16	16	15	14	15	13	12	17
Low °C	15	12	12	15	12	12	16	13	14	16	13	14	16	13	13	16	13	14	14	10	10	16
Chill °C (?)	14	13	11	15	10	11	16	13	13	17	13	13	16	14	16	16	15	12	14	12	11	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-
Sunset	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:23	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:28
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SW	2.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	12	12	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 S	1.1 SW	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 WNW	0.4 WNW	0.3 WNW
Period (s)	20	12	16	16	15	13	12	10	17	9	10	8	-	24	22	21	21	19	19	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.5 SE	0.9 SE	1.2 S	1.2 SE	0.9 SSE	1.1 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 W	-	-	-	-	0.4 W
Period (s)	-	3	4	6	5	4	5	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	3

	Monday 25					Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thu
	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	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1439	1396	1712	1851	1714	1394	1234	1007	1349	860	468	422	349	423	450	430	607	593	647	792	791	983
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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 1.59				4:48AM 1.42					5:03PM 1.56				5:17AM 1.36				5:30PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	10:23AM 0.09				10:51PM 0.38				10:53AM 0.38					11:17PM 0.18				11:16AM 0.23				11:44PM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	14	13	13	12	11	13	16	13	14	12	12	12	11	13	16	14	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	13	14	13	12	12	11	9	12	15	11	12	10	10	10	10	11	15	12	13	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	2.2 SSW	1.8 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.4 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.4 S
Period (s)	-	20	20	12	12	12	12	12	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.9 S	1.1 SE	1.0 S	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 S	1.1 S	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	0.8 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 S	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	5	5	5	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	4

	Monday 25	Tuesday 26
	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	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	0	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SSW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	1543	1439	1760	1801	1816	1672	1680	1606	1914	1712	893	1529	1404	1508	1411	1304	1572	1562	1397	1292	1234	1137
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)									4:41PM 1.78												4:48AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)			10:23AM 0.10												10:49PM 0.13
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
Sunrise	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.7 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	1.4 WSW	1.2 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	20	20	20	20	14	20	20	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.5 SE	-	0.5 SE	0.7 S	0.7 S	0.8 S
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	3	-	3	4	4	4