Cape Town Surf

Cape Town Surf Forecast

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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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Cape Town Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Cape Town Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Cape Town Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Cape Town Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Cape Town Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Cape Town Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Cape Town Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Cape Town Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Cape Town Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

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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	Fri		Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Fri
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Thermopylae 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
Rating	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	0	0	4	5	0	3	3	3	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	1.6 SW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	2.4 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s)	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	13	12	11	10	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	14
Energy	2719	1945	1249	813	827	745	737	556	722	1226	1200	880	395	1164	3205	880	939	755	531	257	507	686
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	off	off	on	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:19PM 1.31	2:22AM 1.39		2:52PM 1.34	3:02AM 1.63		3:25PM 1.34	3:33AM 1.61		3:59PM 1.34	4:04AM 1.36		4:34PM 1.33	4:39AM 1.31		5:10PM 1.30		5:13AM 1.49	5:49PM 1.52		5:53AM 1.43	6:30PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)		8:21PM 0.34	8:44AM 0.20		8:54PM 0.57	9:16AM 0.43		9:27PM 0.57	9:46AM 0.43		10:02PM 0.33	10:21AM 0.23		10:37PM 0.36	10:54AM 0.26		11:14PM 0.40	11:24AM 0.52		11:53PM 0.67	12:02PM 0.57
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	17	16	18	16	17	17	18	17	20	17	15	15	14	14	15	15	14	17	15	13	17
Low °C	18	14	14	17	15	16	17	17	17	18	16	15	15	12	12	14	13	13	17	12	12	16
Chill °C (?)	18	17	15	18	16	17	17	18	17	20	17	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	16	13	12	17
Sunrise	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:41	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-
Sunset	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:45	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	0.2 S	1.6 SW	1.0 SSW	1.2 WSW	2.2 SSW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	14	13	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	13	12	11	9	11	12	12	12	11	11	11	15	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.2 S	0.2 SSW	0.2 ESE	1.2 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 W	0.4 WSW	1.0 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.6 SW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12	15	13	8	7	10	10	11	11	8	7	7	7	10	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	0.4 SSE	-	-	-	-	2.1 SW	0.8 SSW	1.1 SE	1.7 SSE	2.4 SSW	1.9 SSE	1.3 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	4	4	4	4	-	-	-	-	12	7	5	8	12	8	8	7	7	-	-	-

	Friday 29					Saturday 30								Sunday 31								Mon
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11
Energy	3301	3199	2719	2542	2248	1945	1806	1521	1249	1059	813	672	672	827	817	855	745	729	737	604	603	556
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
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	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)			2:19PM 1.31				2:22AM 1.39				2:52PM 1.34				2:56AM 1.39				3:25PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)	8:11AM 0.22				8:21PM 0.34				8:44AM 0.20				8:55PM 0.32				9:16AM 0.43				9:28PM 0.31
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	17	18	17	16	15	14	14	16	16	17	15	15	16	16	16	17	19	17	18	17	17
Chill °C (?)	14	17	18	17	16	15	13	13	15	15	17	14	15	16	16	16	17	19	17	18	17	17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:41	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW	1.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSE	0.7 SE	0.8 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	0.8 SSE	-	0.6 SE	0.4 SSE	0.3 SSE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	4	4	5	4	-	4	4	4	-	-	-	-

	Friday 29	Saturday 30
	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	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy	3949	3838	3301	3253	3206	3199	3005	3005	2719	2679	2679	2542	2376	2376	2248	2214	2094	1945	1945	1806	1806	1778
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)							2:27PM 1.54												2:22AM 1.39
Low Tide / height (m)	8:17AM 0.46												8:21PM 0.34
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	14	14	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	13	13
Sunrise	7:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-