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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	Thu		Friday 07			Saturday 08			Sunday 09			Monday 10			Tuesday 11			Wednesday 12			Thu
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Onrus Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	3	0	3	3	0	4	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	0	4	4	0	4	0	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.1 SSE	3.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 SSE	2.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	4.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	6	8	7	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11
Energy(?)	735	1142	364	273	833	351	809	517	755	895	997	524	767	878	493	1995	1398	580	9510	1690	980	1246
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	on	cross- off	off	on	cross	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	on	cross- on	off	off	cross- off	on	on	cross
High Tide / height (m)	3:29PM 1.71	4:00AM 1.56		4:14PM 1.63	4:45AM 1.50		5:05PM 1.74		5:34AM 1.40	5:52PM 1.35		6:34AM 1.55	6:55PM 1.43		7:41AM 1.20		8:14PM 1.07	9:08AM 1.17		9:53PM 1.03	10:38AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)		9:50PM -0.07	10:04AM 0.08		10:33PM 0.01	10:51AM 0.16		11:21PM 0.38	11:43AM 0.28		12:10AM 0.27	12:50PM 0.67		1:12AM 0.40		2:08PM 0.50	2:32AM 0.49		3:50PM 0.53	4:04AM 0.52		5:25PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-
High °C	26	19	23	30	21	23	24	22	22	22	22	20	21	18	22	21	18	18	19	17	17	17
Low °C	26	16	16	30	18	19	24	19	20	21	18	18	20	16	19	21	17	17	18	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	26	18	23	30	21	23	24	22	22	22	22	20	21	18	22	21	18	18	19	16	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-
Sunset	7:17	-	-	7:19	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.4 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	2.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	2.3 SW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	10	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	11	16	15	14	13	13	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	1.1 SE	1.3 SE	0.8 SE	0.5 SE	0.6 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSE	0.6 S	1.0 SW	0.5 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	21	20	19	18	18	10	-	-	7	7	6	6	20	18	12	9	9	7	12	16	14	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 SSE	3.0 SE	1.6 SE	1.2 SSE	2.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	2.0 ESE	-	-	0.4 NW	0.5 NW	-	-	-	0.6 WNW	0.7 SW	4.0 SW	1.1 S	-	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	7	7	8	6	8	7	7	7	7	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	3	7	13	8	-	6

	Thursday 06					Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 WSW	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 SE	1.3 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.0 SE	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	16	15	7	14	14	14
Energy(?)	925	609	544	520	502	788	579	542	772	383	619	618	508	516	695	734	765	464	651	716	732	1268
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	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	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			3:30PM 1.71				4:06AM 1.82				4:14PM 1.63				4:45AM 1.50				5:00PM 1.50	5:01PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20AM 0.04				9:50PM -0.08				10:04AM 0.08				10:36PM 0.26				10:51AM 0.16					11:21PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	21	21	22	18	15	16	17	22	26	23	23	21	23	18	19	22	21	22	26	21	20
Chill °C (?)	24	21	21	22	17	14	15	17	22	26	23	23	21	23	17	19	22	21	22	26	21	20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 S	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	8	12	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	7	10	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	22	21	21	21	11	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	10	16	10	10	-	-	-	-	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	2.3 SE	2.1 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.2 SE	1.3 SSE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.8 SE	1.5 SE	2.0 SE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Thursday 06															Friday 07
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.2 SW	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	7	7	7	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8
Energy(?)	654	509	508	977	589	568	883	921	1243	900	541	772	783	538	1311	1264	1186	444	454	750	579	588
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)								3:36PM 1.95													4:06AM 1.82
Low Tide / height (m)		9:20AM 0.04												9:50PM -0.08
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	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	20	19	20	25	26	26	23	23	20	21	20	20	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	16
Chill °C (?)	20	18	20	25	26	26	23	23	19	21	19	20	18	19	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15
Sunrise	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.2 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.3 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 SSE	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	1.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	23	23	23	12	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	11	20	20
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	2.0 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SSE	3.0 SE	2.5 SSE	2.1 SE	2.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	1.6 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.9 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8