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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	Friday 17			Saturday 18			Sunday 19			Monday 20			Tuesday 21			Wednesday 22			Thursday 23			Fri
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	2	2	3	9	8	0	5	4	0	3	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	0	5	3	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	11	12	17	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	14	13	12	15	12	13	12
Energy(?)	1992	872	1326	908	1117	8400	3374	5227	3429	1025	1512	867	520	403	646	2154	1626	2329	4890	3480	4691	2002
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross	off	off	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	1:10PM 1.61		1:35AM 1.53	1:44PM 1.69		1:58AM 1.36		2:04PM 1.51	2:26AM 1.41		2:32PM 1.54	2:54AM 1.46		3:00PM 1.54	3:21AM 1.44		3:28PM 1.55	3:55AM 1.65		4:00PM 1.70	4:23AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)		7:25PM 0.26		7:36AM 0.52	7:57PM 0.18		8:00AM 0.23		8:24PM 0.12	8:28AM 0.19		8:51PM 0.10	8:55AM 0.19		9:16PM 0.09	9:22AM 0.19		9:44PM 0.36	9:49AM 0.47		10:09PM 0.39	10:16AM 0.27
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-
High °C	19	22	16	15	16	15	17	21	19	19	25	21	18	29	20	19	18	15	14	14	15	15
Low °C	14	20	15	15	16	14	14	20	13	14	22	14	16	27	16	17	17	14	13	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	19	22	15	14	15	13	16	21	18	19	25	21	17	29	20	19	18	13	14	12	13	14
Sunrise	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:00	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:54	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	6:59	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:02	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:04	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.4 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 W	1.9 SSW	2.0 SSW	4.0 SSW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SSW	2.2 S
Period (s)	12	12	12	11	12	17	16	16	16	14	14	13	12	12	12	14	13	12	15	16	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 SE	1.4 SW	-	0.5 SW	-	-	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW
Period (s)	-	-	20	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	14	-	20	-	-	13	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.6 SE	-	2.3 SSW	-	-	-	1.4 SE	1.9 S	1.2 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	1.8 SE	1.3 S	1.0 SE	-	1.3 SW	-	-	2.5 SSW	1.6 SE	1.4 SE
Period (s)	7	-	11	-	-	-	6	7	7	7	8	7	6	5	6	-	6	-	-	12	6	5

	Thu	Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	2	2	2	3	4	3	9	9	9	8	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	17	17	16	16	16
Energy(?)	5148	3543	3497	2709	1334	1572	1247	1297	1083	1854	647	546	908	536	1523	2600	2408	8400	9774	8141	7602	3079
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	on
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	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		12:48AM 1.21				1:03PM 1.37				1:26AM 1.31				1:36PM 1.45					2:06AM 1.59
Low Tide / height (m)				7:00AM 0.59				7:25PM 0.26				7:30AM 0.28				7:57PM 0.19					8:06AM 0.47
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	12	12	14	18	22	20	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	18	17
Chill °C (?)	12	10	11	14	18	22	20	16	16	14	13	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	18	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:00	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	-	1.1 S	1.9 SSW	1.2 SW	2.1 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	4.0 SSW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	2.4 SW
Period (s)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	-	7	11	11	13	14	14	17	17	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	1.4 SE	-	1.3 SE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.9 SSE	0.4 SSE	1.1 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.8 S	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	7	-	7	12	12	12	9	8	11	18	6	20	20	20	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SE	-	1.8 SE	-	1.3 SE	-	-	-	-	2.3 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.2 S	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	-	-	1.3 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	7	-	7	-	-	-	-	11	11	7	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	5	6	6

	Thursday 16	Friday 17
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	2	0	2	2	2	3	4	3	9	9	9	8	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	5727	4524	5148	4858	2924	4142	3839	2976	2800	1932	1407	1886	2283	2225	2345	2072	1108	1743	1619	1534	1394	713
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- off	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					12:48AM 1.21													1:10PM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)											6:53AM 0.35
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	13	15	15	14	16	18	22	20	20	19	18	18
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	11	11	10	10	11	10	9	12	15	15	13	16	18	22	20	20	19	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	4.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.5 S	3.0 S	3.0 S	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 SSW	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.2 SSW	1.6 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SE	-	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	7	7	7	-	-	12	12	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SE	-	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 ESE	2.5 ESE	2.5 ESE	-	-	2.0 ESE	1.7 SE	1.8 SE	-	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	-	6	6	6	7	7	-	-	6	7	7	-	7	7	7	7	-	-	-	-	-