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			Thursday 13
	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Haakgat Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg
Rating	3	0	3	3	0	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	0	0	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	3.0 SE	1.5 SSE	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 WSW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 SSE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	8	7	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	18	16	15	14	13	13	12	10	8	9
Energy(?)	767	373	1163	465	342	868	716	864	895	773	537	404	1084	1966	1849	1213	1541	956	1265	932	1296	626
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross	off	on	cross	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	cross- off	off
High Tide / height (m)	4:00AM 1.56		4:14PM 1.63	4:45AM 1.50		5:01PM 1.50		5:34AM 1.40	5:52PM 1.35		6:34AM 1.55	6:53PM 1.19		7:41AM 1.20		8:13PM 1.07	9:08AM 1.17		9:58PM 1.26	10:38AM 1.44		11:16PM 1.06
Low Tide / height (m)	9:50PM -0.07	10:04AM 0.08		10:33PM 0.01	10:53AM 0.42		11:19PM 0.13	11:43AM 0.28		12:11AM 0.52	12:50PM 0.67		1:12AM 0.40		2:09PM 0.50	2:32AM 0.49		4:04PM 0.76	4:15AM 0.77		5:25PM 0.70
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	22	23	24	25	23	25	22	26	24	23	21	23	19	19	23	19	18	19	18	17	21	17
Low °C	15	17	22	21	20	24	19	23	24	18	19	21	17	18	21	18	18	19	17	16	19	13
Chill °C (?)	22	23	24	25	23	25	22	26	24	23	21	23	19	19	23	19	18	19	18	15	21	16
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:20	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:23	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSE	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SSE	0.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.2 SW	0.9 SW	1.2 SW	1.8 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.7 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.7 WSW	0.7 SW	0.1 W	1.3 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	8	11	10	7	16	14	14	13	13	14	13	12	11	16	15	14	13	13	12	15	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SW	-	-	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSW	0.9 SE	0.6 SSE	0.4 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.2 SW	0.1 NW	0.6 S	0.6 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.1 S	0.1 NW	0.8 W	0.5 W
Period (s)	11	19	18	10	10	-	-	7	17	6	6	20	18	12	18	10	11	8	16	15	11	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	3.0 SE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SE	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.4 SE	-	0.5 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.4 S	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	8	7	8	7	6	7	7	7	7	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	9	4	12	10	8	9

	Thursday 06			Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sunday 09
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.1 SE	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	16	15	7	14	14	14	14	13
Energy(?)	588	561	550	767	579	701	585	392	658	680	581	952	707	723	529	514	710	1009	885	870	1194	1047
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	3:30PM 1.71				4:06AM 1.82				4:14PM 1.63				4:45AM 1.50				5:00PM 1.50	5:05PM 1.74				5:34AM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)			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	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	22	18	16	16	18	26	28	23	23	20	18	18	20	29	22	23	25	22	20	20	21
Chill °C (?)	21	22	17	15	15	18	26	28	23	23	20	17	17	20	29	22	23	25	22	20	20	21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39
Sunset	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	1.3 SSE	0.9 SW	1.1 SSE	1.0 S	0.8 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	1.2 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.3 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	8	11	8	8	11	10	10	10	10	10	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.3 SW	0.2 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 S	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SSE	-
Period (s)	21	21	21	11	20	11	11	19	18	18	18	18	16	10	6	-	-	-	-	-	7	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.3 SE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	2.5 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.1 SSE	1.7 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.9 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Thursday 06									Friday 07
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town
Rating	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	0	4	3	3	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.3 SE
Period(s) (?)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8
Energy(?)	577	697	779	689	831	561	569	761	542	705	606	1142	1166	1118	747	445	455	534	533	448	447	795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	on	on	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		3:29PM 1.71												4:00AM 1.56	4:01AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)								9:50PM -0.07													10:07AM 0.33
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	22	27	27	25	21	22	20	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	17	19	21	23	23
Chill °C (?)	22	27	27	25	21	22	20	17	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	19	21	23	23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.1 SSE	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW
Period (s)	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	11	20	20	20	19	19	19	19
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SE	2.1 SSE	1.9 SSE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	3.0 SE	1.7 SSE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.6 SSE	1.6 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.5 SSE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8