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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	Monday 09			Tuesday 10			Wednesday 11			Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Mon
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town
Rating	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	0.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	2.1 S	0.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	10	10	11	11	11	7	14	13	13	12	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	950	354	354	267	645	174	260	140	860	793	1885	1005	855	1830	2408	2100	2966	2380	1514	977	552	397
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- on	off	on	off	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			8:16PM 0.96	8:50AM 1.31		10:03PM 0.90	10:37AM 1.26		12:15AM 0.95	12:22PM 1.04		1:16AM 1.06	1:17PM 1.15		1:54AM 1.19	1:55PM 1.26		2:24AM 1.32		2:28PM 1.36	2:54AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		2:06PM 0.56	2:01AM 0.64		3:32PM 0.64	3:56AM 0.72		5:54PM 0.61		6:21AM 0.67	7:04PM 0.51		7:21AM 0.56	7:45PM 0.40		7:59AM 0.45		8:15PM 0.28	8:32AM 0.33		8:45PM 0.18	9:02AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	16	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	23	21	22	25	21	21	22	21	20	20	18	19	20	20	20	25	22	21	29	27	25
Low °C	22	22	21	21	24	21	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	19	18	18	25	17	18	26	23	25
Chill °C (?)	23	23	21	22	25	21	21	22	21	20	20	17	18	20	20	19	25	22	21	29	27	25
Sunrise	6:15	-	-	6:15	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:16	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20
Sunset	-	7:45	-	-	7:44	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 SE
Period (s)	7	9	9	10	9	11	11	11	16	9	13	13	12	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.1 NW	0.5 SSW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.7 WSW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.3 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	9	13	12	12	20	8	12	18	10	14	8	16	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SE	1.7 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.7 SSW	0.9 SSE	1.2 S	0.6 S	2.1 S	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.2 SSE	-	-	1.2 SE	2.3 S	1.5 SE	1.8 SE	1.0 SSE	1.4 SE	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	6	10	5	5	5	7	6	7	6	6	-	-	5	7	7	8	8	8	-

	Sun	Monday 09								Tuesday 10								Wednesday 11
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Sandy Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SW	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	8	8	7	7	9	9	9	7	7	7	11	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Energy(?)	1012	1153	957	612	778	391	391	758	294	354	481	297	267	194	193	208	342	307	264	254	133	323
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)				7:51AM 1.42					8:12PM 0.96				8:39AM 1.03				10:05PM 0.90				10:38AM 0.98
Low Tide / height (m)		1:13AM 0.52					2:16PM 0.82			1:58AM 0.63	2:01AM 0.64				3:30PM 0.64				3:59AM 0.72
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	2	11	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	21	22	22	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	22	21	21
Chill °C (?)	23	21	21	22	22	23	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	21	22	22	21	22	21	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.4 S	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.1 NW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	9	9	9	13	9	9	11	10	10	9	12	11	11	11	11	11	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 NW	1.0 SSE	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.5 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WSW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.4 WNW
Period (s)	10	10	9	12	13	7	13	13	22	12	12	21	12	12	20	8	19	8	13	13	13	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	0.3 NW	1.2 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 S	1.5 SSE	1.4 S	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	1.3 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	1.1 S	0.9 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	7	8	8	7	7	3	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5

	Sunday 08			Monday 09
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Sandy Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	3	3	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	0	1
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.9 SSE	3.0 SE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period(s) (?)	7	10	10	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	9	9	9	9	7	7
Energy(?)	1142	1058	1012	858	1238	836	781	996	553	507	783	464	436	391	351	349	405	405	397	342	354	688
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)												7:38AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)						1:12AM 0.52													2:06PM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	light rain	light rain	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3	1	4	1
High °C	25	24	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	20	19	19	20	22	21
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	23	23	23	20	19	19	20	22	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 S	1.6 S	1.6 S	1.1 S	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 S	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 S	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.8 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	8	10	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	1.1 SW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.4 S
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	10	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	3	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SSE	3.0 SE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.4 SE	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	3	3	3	3	7	7