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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Long range 3-hourly Hourly

	Tue	Wednesday 03			Thursday 04			Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Blouberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	4	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.6 SW	2.4 SE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSE	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period(s)	13	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11
Energy	1669	1113	1125	1044	820	715	890	1457	1588	1614	432	355	1158	1486	1262	1828	1364	969	856	1639	1651	1185
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	on	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)	4:39AM 1.31		5:10PM 1.30		5:14AM 1.27	5:49PM 1.27		5:52AM 1.21	6:31PM 1.25		6:38AM 1.15	7:19PM 1.23		7:35AM 1.33		8:12PM 1.47	8:37AM 1.08		9:15PM 1.25	9:54AM 1.09		10:24PM 1.53
Low Tide / height (m)	10:37PM 0.36	10:55AM 0.26		11:13PM 0.40	11:29AM 0.30		11:53PM 0.44	12:06PM 0.34		12:38AM 0.48	12:48PM 0.39		1:38AM 0.71	1:41PM 0.67		2:46AM 0.70		2:38PM 0.46	3:46AM 0.45		3:59PM 0.69
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain	light rain	cloudy	light rain	mod. rain	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	-	2	8	1	-	4	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	13	15	14
Low °C	14	15	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	15	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	13	15	13
Chill °C	14	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	14	13	13	14	13	14	15	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	7:43	-	-	7:43	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:46	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.7 SE	2.1 SE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 WSW	0.8 SSE	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.1 WSW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.2 SW
Period (s)	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	13	12	14	13	13	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 W	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.1 S	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	1.3 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.7 SW	0.4 SE	0.3 SSE	-	0.1 NW	0.3 SE	0.2 SSE	0.1 NW	0.5 W	0.1 NW	0.2 W
Period (s)	11	11	10	10	10	15	11	16	14	13	12	12	10	9	-	13	13	12	12	7	12	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.1 S	2.4 SE	2.4 SSE	2.3 SE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 NW	0.5 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	8	8	8	9	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02			Wednesday 03								Thursday 04								Friday 05
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.4 SE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.0 SW	1.3 SSE	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE
Period(s)	7	7	7	13	13	13	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	9	11	11	11
Energy	589	797	926	1669	1101	1051	1113	1041	1125	1087	1146	1044	976	940	820	754	715	257	523	890	829	791
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)	4:34PM 1.33				4:39AM 1.32					5:10PM 1.30				5:14AM 1.27				5:50PM 1.27				5:53AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)			10:37PM 0.36				10:55AM 0.26					11:13PM 0.40				11:29AM 0.30				11:53PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	15	14	14
Chill °C	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	12	11	11	13	11	13	13	13	12	12	13	12	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 SW	1.7 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE
Period (s)	10	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.9 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.2 W	0.3 W	0.3 W	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.3 W	0.4 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW
Period (s)	10	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	15	11	14	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 S	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 S	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.4 SE	2.2 SSE	2.4 SSE	2.4 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE	2.2 SE	2.0 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.3 SSE	-	-	-
Period (s)	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	6	9	-	-	-

	Tuesday 02									Wednesday 03
	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	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town
Rating	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE
Period(s)	10	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	8	8	8
Energy	473	524	589	645	764	797	797	907	926	653	725	1669	1046	1061	1101	1092	1060	1051	1060	1070	1113	1107
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	off	off	off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			4:34PM 1.33												4:39AM 1.32
Low Tide / height (m)									10:37PM 0.36												10:55AM 0.26
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	15	15
Chill °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.6 SW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 W	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.3 WSW	0.3 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	10	14	14	14	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.4 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 S	1.8 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.0 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	2.1 S	2.1 SSE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.2 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.3 SE	2.4 SE	2.3 SE
Period (s)	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8