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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	Sun		Monday 27			Tuesday 28			Wednesday 29			Thursday 30			Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sun
	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	Danger Reef Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	0	4	6	0	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Energy(?)	2044	1392	4351	6407	4953	3560	2894	2123	850	1116	7045	3268	5400	2052	1434	738	2309	3594	3199	2166	1474	1003
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	5:23PM 1.22		6:01AM 1.41	6:01PM 1.13		6:50AM 1.07	6:59PM 1.04		8:14AM 1.02		8:42PM 0.98	9:57AM 1.07		10:27PM 1.04	11:08AM 1.19		11:37PM 1.14	11:59AM 1.34		12:28AM 1.27	12:43PM 1.51
Low Tide / height (m)		11:37PM 0.60	11:54AM 0.77		12:20AM 0.48	12:48PM 0.61		1:26AM 0.55		2:26PM 0.66	3:09AM 0.57		4:26PM 0.60	4:41AM 0.52		5:35PM 0.46		5:41AM 0.41	6:24PM 0.30		6:29AM 0.30	7:06PM 0.14
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	14	15	17	15	16	16	15	16	20	17	19	22	18	19	19	17	16	16	15	15	18
Low °C	14	14	14	16	15	15	16	15	15	18	14	16	21	16	17	18	15	16	15	15	15	16
Chill °C (?)	15	13	14	16	14	15	15	13	15	20	16	19	22	17	19	19	16	15	15	13	13	17
Sunrise	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:50	-	-	5:48	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:45	-
Sunset	7:07	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:08	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:12	-	-	7:14
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SW	2.2 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.9 SSW	3.5 SW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	1.4 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	16	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.1 NW	-	0.1 W
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	18	-	16	16	15	15	15	-	13	13	13	11	12	12	9	12	-	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.3 SE	2.0 SSE	1.2 SE	-	0.6 WSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	6	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Sunday 26					Monday 27								Tuesday 28								Wed
	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	Long Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town
Rating	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2408	2160	2160	1599	1415	1659	1077	3554	3676	3185	6197	4269	5027	4581	4003	3461	3560	3075	2894	2538	2153	2123
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	off	off	glass	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	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)				5:23PM 1.23				5:55AM 1.15				6:01PM 1.13				6:50AM 1.07				7:00PM 1.03
Low Tide / height (m)		11:15AM 0.68				11:38PM 0.39				11:52AM 0.52				12:19AM 0.49				12:47PM 0.61				1:27AM 0.55
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	14	15	16	16	15	15	14	13	15	16	16	16	15	15	15
Chill °C (?)	14	14	12	12	12	13	13	12	14	15	15	14	15	14	13	14	15	15	15	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:08	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:09	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	-	-	-	-	16	16	13	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 W	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 26	Monday 27
	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	Long Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town
Rating	4	0	0	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	2541	2310	2244	1799	1799	2124	1064	2281	1683	977	2044	1599	1835	1866	1731	1760	1966	1966	2221	2221	2574	2877
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	off	cross	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)										5:23PM 1.22												5:55AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)				11:15AM 0.43												11:38PM 0.39
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	14	15	15	15	14	16	15	14	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	14
Chill °C (?)	12	14	14	14	12	15	14	12	14	13	12	12	13	11	14	14	13	14	14	12	11	13
Sunrise	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.9 SW	3.0 SW	2.4 SW	1.9 SW	2.5 SW	2.4 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-