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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	Sat				Sunday 14			Monday 15			Tuesday 16			Wednesday 17			Thursday 18			Friday 19
	AM	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	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	1	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	0	0	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	4	0	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.6 SSW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	1.1 SW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	0.9 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	13	12	12	12	7	12
Energy(?)	219	4675	3782	2054	1811	1317	1710	2297	2059	1811	1673	695	3886	4243	1293	1202	1461	2204	1934	1216	787	495
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	cross	glass	on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	on	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	10:04PM 1.01	10:28AM 1.20		11:27PM 1.29	11:27AM 1.20		11:32AM 0.34	12:19PM 1.25		1:01AM 1.15	1:01PM 1.27		1:40AM 1.22	1:41PM 1.33		2:15AM 1.27		2:18PM 1.35	2:49AM 1.32		2:53PM 1.37	3:23AM 1.35
Low Tide / height (m)	4:00AM 0.55		5:14PM 0.48		5:11AM 0.56	6:10PM 0.43	9:31AM 0.34	6:11AM 0.54	6:53PM 0.37		7:00AM 0.48	7:33PM 0.32		7:40AM 0.43		8:07PM 0.27	8:17AM 0.38		8:40PM 0.22	8:53AM 0.34		9:13PM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	20	17	18	17	17	20	18	19	22	20	20	21	18	18	17	18	17	19	17	19	22	21
Low °C	17	16	18	16	16	19	18	18	22	17	19	20	18	18	17	16	16	19	15	16	21	15
Chill °C (?)	20	17	18	16	17	20	17	19	22	20	20	21	17	17	16	17	16	18	15	18	22	21
Sunrise	6:00	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:30	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:50	-	-	7:51	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:52	-	-	7:53	-	-	7:54	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 WSW	1.6 WSW	3.5 WSW	3.5 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	0.9 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	4	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	9	12	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.1 W	0.3 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 SE	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	1.1 SW	1.5 WSW	1.7 SSW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.7 WSW	0.6 S
Period (s)	14	18	11	11	16	20	10	15	18	16	16	12	14	12	11	12	13	13	15	13	10	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 NW	1.7 NW	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	2.5 S	2.3 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.5 SSE	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	6	-	-	-	-	13	12	12	12	7	8

	Friday 12			Saturday 13								Sunday 14								Monday 15
	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	7:30PM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Haardebaai Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	5	5	0	0	5	5	1	4	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	4.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	1.4 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12
Energy(?)	3091	4106	7796	6690	3182	4447	623	4528	3684	1656	3069	2651	2207	1938	1343	1592	1348	1477	1335	1412	1559	1795
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)			10:04PM 1.01									11:18PM 1.04				11:28AM 1.20				12:16AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	4:05PM 0.50				4:00AM 0.55					5:14PM 0.47				5:12AM 0.56				6:09PM 0.43				6:12AM 0.53
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	clear	light rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	19
Chill °C (?)	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	17	16	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	18	17	18	17	17	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	8:30	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 SE	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	0.2 ESE	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	16	16	12	14	14	14	4	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 S	0.2 SSE	-	0.3 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	16	16	12	12	12	11	-	11	-	10	-	11	10	10	16	16	10	10	19	19	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	4.5 SW	-	-	-	1.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	15	-	-	-	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Friday 12						Sat	Fri		Saturday 13
	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	5:30AM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	A-Bay (Willyama Bay) SA - Yorke Peninsula	Haardebaai Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	5	5	0	0	5	5	1	4	0	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 S	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	10	10	10	16	16	12	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	1029	3464	4160	5531	2324	4106	487	7728	6220	8759	6157	6904	6904	6790	4963	6858	6575	6386	5330	5106	4675	4536
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	cross- on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)									10:06PM 1.02												10:28AM 1.20
Low Tide / height (m)			4:05PM 0.50											4:00AM 0.56
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	light rain	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	18	19	19	19	19	18	15	17	16	17	16	17	16	16	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17
Chill °C (?)	17	18	18	19	18	17	13	16	15	16	15	16	14	14	16	15	15	15	15	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 WSW	1.6 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	1.5 SW	2.1 SW	0.4 SSW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	9	16	16	10	16	16	12	15	15	15	14	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.3 SE	1.9 SW	0.9 SW	1.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SE	0.2 SSE	1.1 SW	0.2 SSE	0.3 E	0.3 E	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	16	16	12	16	16	16	6	12	12	15	12	10	10	11	12	11	11	11	11	18	18	18
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 WNW	2.5 SW	3.5 WSW	3.0 WSW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW	1.2 S	3.5 WSW	-	3.5 SW	-	4.0 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	5	10	10	10	10	10	12	10	-	14	-	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-