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 04			Wednesday 05			Thursday 06			Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			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	Pringle Bay Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bloubergstrand Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	4	3	4	3	0	3	3	0	3	4	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SE	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SE	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	6	7	8	7	6	8	16	15	14	13	13	13	12	13
Energy(?)	1160	1069	1385	1132	1314	478	917	973	471	1019	664	357	296	1038	332	456	856	798	663	448	196	420
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	off	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:55AM 1.50		2:05PM 1.72	2:36AM 1.59		2:47PM 1.74	3:18AM 1.59		3:29PM 1.71	4:00AM 1.58		4:14PM 1.63	4:45AM 1.50		5:01PM 1.50		5:34AM 1.40	5:52PM 1.35		6:31AM 1.30	6:54PM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)	7:49PM 0.00		7:55AM 0.10		8:28PM -0.08	8:37AM 0.05		9:08PM -0.10	9:20AM 0.04		9:50PM -0.07	10:04AM 0.08		10:33PM 0.01	10:51AM 0.16		11:19PM 0.13	11:43AM 0.28		12:10AM 0.27	12:46PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	16	17	19	17	18	22	18	21	22	19	22	31	21	21	24	24	23	20	18	19	20
Low °C	17	15	16	19	15	16	19	17	18	22	14	15	30	17	19	23	22	22	18	17	18	19
Chill °C (?)	17	14	16	18	16	17	22	17	21	22	18	22	31	21	21	24	24	23	20	17	19	20
Sunrise	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-
Sunset	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:21
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.3 SE	1.0 SW	1.1 SE	1.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	7	15	6	13	13	13	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.1 S	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.8 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.2 NNW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE	0.5 NW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	16	15	14	23	23	21	20	19	18	18	16	4	14	6	6	7	7	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SE	2.5 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.6 SE	1.4 SSE	2.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.6 S	1.8 SE	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.6 NW	0.4 NW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	4	5	6	6	7	6	7	8	7	6	8	7	6	7	4	4	3	4	-

	Monday 03					Tuesday 04								Wednesday 05								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	Koeel Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	3	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	1.8 SSE	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	6	13	12
Energy(?)	811	1104	517	1282	1217	1177	1185	1323	1361	1478	1412	631	1502	1314	1250	1144	811	530	511	500	1108	973
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	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	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		1:23PM 1.61				1:55AM 1.52					2:05PM 1.72				2:36AM 1.57				2:47PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)				7:47PM 0.01				7:54AM 0.11					8:27PM -0.08				8:37AM 0.05				9:08PM -0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	17	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	17	16	16	15	17	21	18	18	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	20	16	14	15	13	14	15	15	15	16	17	16	15	16	14	17	21	17	17	15	16	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.4 SW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.6 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 W	0.1 SW
Period (s)	11	12	15	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	24	23
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.1 S	1.9 S
Period (s)	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7

	Monday 03															Tuesday 04
	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	Koeel Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	3	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	0	4	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy(?)	978	1141	780	1097	1102	1113	1104	974	927	987	1191	633	792	735	720	668	740	578	578	588	843	857
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)						1:24PM 1.64												1:55AM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)												7:47PM 0.00
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	16	17	17	18	18	16	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	15	14
Chill °C (?)	20	15	16	16	18	17	14	16	14	14	15	13	14	14	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	13
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	11	12	11	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.1 S	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	12	12	11	11	11	13	13	12	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.8 ESE	0.9 SE	-	0.6 ESE	0.6 ESE	-	-	0.9 S	0.9 S	0.9 S	-	-	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.4 SSW	1.1 S	-	-	-	1.0 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	4	4	-	4	4	-	-	4	4	4	-	-	5	5	5	6	5	-	-	-	5	5