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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	Wed		Thursday 29			Friday 30			Saturday 31			Sunday 01			Monday 02			Tuesday 03			Wed
	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	Haakgat Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	4	0	4	3	2	2	2	0	5	5	0	4	3	0	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	1.6 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.7 SSE	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.2 S
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	16	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	6	13	12	11
Energy(?)	2226	2460	820	1695	951	692	518	571	213	795	4317	1624	2371	1679	427	511	489	351	544	280	318	523
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	glass	off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		12:17AM 1.13	12:36PM 1.29		1:23AM 1.28	1:38PM 1.39		2:20AM 1.68		2:29PM 1.48	3:00AM 1.52		3:13PM 1.53	3:39AM 1.61		3:52PM 1.55	4:20AM 1.90		4:29PM 1.53	4:50AM 1.64		5:04PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)	5:59PM 0.39		6:22AM 0.47	7:11PM 0.29		7:32AM 0.34		8:07PM 0.45	8:25AM 0.22		8:48PM 0.08	9:11AM 0.13		9:27PM 0.02	9:51AM 0.07		10:07PM 0.30	10:29AM 0.06		10:37PM 0.02	11:05AM 0.09
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	19	21	24	21	21	25	21	21	24	20	20	21	20	20	24	19	23	24	24	22	23
Low °C	21	16	18	24	19	20	24	20	20	23	19	20	20	18	19	22	19	20	24	22	22	22
Chill °C (?)	22	18	21	24	21	21	25	21	21	24	20	20	21	20	20	24	18	23	24	24	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	6:03	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	6:07	-	-	6:09	-	-	6:09	-
Sunset	7:53	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:49
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.6 SW	2.4 SSW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	3.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	19	16	14	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	13	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.0 SSW	0.1 SW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	0.8 SSW	0.1 S	0.1 SW	0.9 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 S	0.5 S	0.6 SSW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	11	-	13	13	13	13	12	11	21	12	-	-	-	13	16	16	11	11	11	11	11	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.2 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SSE	0.7 SE	0.9 SSW	-	-	1.6 SW	0.9 SSE	-	0.6 SSW	-	0.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.1 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.9 SE	1.2 SE	1.2 S
Period (s)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	-	-	10	4	-	4	-	3	5	5	6	6	6	6	11

	Wednesday 28					Thursday 29								Friday 30								Sat
	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	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Haakgat Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	2732	1280	1397	1174	1117	2460	2313	2242	1741	826	764	682	1038	1243	1036	864	691	747	716	596	592	447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- 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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		11:12AM 1.22				12:17AM 1.14				12:36PM 1.29				1:24AM 1.27				1:39PM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)				5:59PM 0.40				6:29AM 0.72				7:11PM 0.29				7:32AM 0.34					8:04PM 0.17
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	19	20	19	19	17	17	16	18	23	21	21	21	22	20	19	21	23	21	21	21	20	20
Chill °C (?)	18	20	18	18	16	16	16	18	23	21	21	21	22	20	19	21	23	21	21	21	20	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.6 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.5 SE	0.8 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SE	1.3 S	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	-	0.6 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.5 SSE	0.5 S	0.2 ESE	0.6 S
Period (s)	-	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	5	-	4	4	4	3	4	4

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	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	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Haakgat Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	4	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	2732	1269	1249	1249	1245	2190	2159	2454	2159	1398	1296	1174	2419	2601	2757	2614	2419	2419	2419	2310	2140	2313
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)				11:12AM 1.22													12:21AM 1.41
Low Tide / height (m)										5:59PM 0.40
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	19	19	19	20	22	22	22	20	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	16
Chill °C (?)	18	19	18	20	22	22	22	20	21	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17	16
Sunrise	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	-	11	11	11	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.8 S	0.9 S	1.0 S	0.9 S	1.2 S	0.7 S	0.8 SSE	0.8 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.3 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	1.1 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5