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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	Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sunday 31			Monday 01			Tuesday 02			Wed
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	3	3	4	5	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.7 SW	1.2 SW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	10	12	12	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	491	615	847	1633	2679	3936	4512	4883	2931	1495	1893	1751	1558	2128	1369	1693	1681	730	1030	1845	1497	2349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross- off	on	glass	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross	cross	off
High Tide / height (m)		5:30PM 1.45		5:46AM 1.27	5:58PM 1.35		6:16AM 1.18	6:28PM 1.23		6:51AM 1.07	7:05PM 1.12		7:44AM 0.97		8:06PM 1.02	9:35AM 0.91		10:17PM 0.98	11:51AM 0.97		12:02AM 1.26	12:51PM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)	11:17AM 0.23		11:44PM 0.26	11:43AM 0.32		12:13AM 0.35	12:11PM 0.42		12:45AM 0.45	12:42PM 0.53		1:28AM 0.56	1:29PM 0.64		2:52AM 0.64		3:32PM 0.72		5:27AM 0.61	6:01PM 0.66		6:37AM 0.50
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	14	16	14	14	16	14	16	15	14	16	16	14	14	15	14	16	20	16	15	15	13	14
Low °C	11	16	13	14	15	13	13	15	14	13	16	13	14	15	12	12	19	14	13	14	13	13
Chill °C (?)	13	15	13	14	15	13	16	14	13	16	16	14	13	14	12	16	20	16	15	14	12	13
Sunrise	7:11	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:23	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:25	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:28	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.7 SW	1.7 WSW	2.3 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.3 SW	1.7 SW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	10	10	12	12	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.7 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 S	1.2 SW	0.4 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.5 SW	1.5 WSW	0.4 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.4 NW	0.5 NW
Period (s)	13	12	9	17	9	10	9	-	24	23	16	12	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 S	0.6 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SE	0.9 SE	0.7 SE	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	4	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	5	5	-	-	-	-	-

	Tue	Wednesday 27								Thursday 28								Friday 29
	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Energy(?)	826	542	477	758	623	549	615	624	864	847	1064	1011	1330	1928	3203	3237	3337	4065	3685	3753	5140	5438
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	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	mid-ebb	low
High Tide / height (m)				5:17AM 1.36				5:30PM 1.45				5:46AM 1.27				5:57PM 1.37				6:16AM 1.18
Low Tide / height (m)		11:17PM 0.18				11:17AM 0.23				11:44PM 0.26				11:43AM 0.32				12:11AM 0.36				12:10PM 0.42
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	11	11	13	16	16	14	14	13	14	13	15	17	15	14	14	13	13	13	16	15
Chill °C (?)	10	10	9	10	12	15	15	13	13	13	14	13	15	17	14	14	13	13	12	12	15	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	0.7 WSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW	1.7 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	10	10	13	10	10	10	9	12	12	12	12	12	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.5 S	0.4 S	0.9 SW	0.4 S	0.4 S	0.3 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.2 S	0.1 S	-
Period (s)	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	10	9	9	9	18	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.5 SSW	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 S	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	5	10	-	4	4	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27
	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Captains Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town
Rating	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12
Energy(?)	619	798	826	706	609	423	486	478	477	477	578	758	758	453	623	502	528	598	592	549	666	629
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)										5:17AM 1.36												5:30PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)				11:17PM 0.18												11:16AM 0.23
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	12	13	13	15	16	15	17	17	15	14
Chill °C (?)	11	11	10	10	9	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	12	15	15	14	16	16	14	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.2 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	13	13	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 SW	0.8 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.8 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW
Period (s)	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.5 S	1.4 S	1.2 SSE	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	1.2 S	0.8 SSE	1.5 SSW	1.5 SSW	0.3 E	-	-	0.6 S	-	0.6 S	0.6 S	0.4 SSE	0.3 SE
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	4	10	10	3	-	-	4	-	4	4	3	3