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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	Wed	Thursday 12			Friday 13			Saturday 14			Sunday 15			Monday 16			Tuesday 17			Wednesday 18
	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	Koeel Bay Overberg	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Llandudno Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town
Rating	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.3 SE	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	8	10	13	13	12	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	8	11	20	18	16	15	14	13	13	14
Energy(?)	725	1293	2676	1097	1038	1663	2271	2523	4268	3231	1682	1214	1251	492	784	1190	1482	1539	1906	1427	1501	1360
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross	glass	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	12:15AM 0.95	12:22PM 1.04		1:16AM 1.06	1:19PM 1.16		1:54AM 1.20	1:57PM 1.28		2:25AM 1.33		2:34PM 1.60	2:54AM 1.44		3:01PM 1.45	3:23AM 1.54		3:32PM 1.51	3:53AM 1.62		4:04PM 1.54	4:23AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)		6:21AM 0.67	7:05PM 0.51		7:20AM 0.57	7:44PM 0.39		7:59AM 0.44		8:16PM 0.29	8:32AM 0.33		8:44PM 0.18	9:02AM 0.23		9:13PM 0.10	9:33AM 0.14		9:41PM 0.04	10:04AM 0.07		10:10PM 0.02
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	2	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	19	20	18	19	20	19	18	21	19	22	28	22	20	27	25	25	27	22	22	22	20
Low °C	18	19	19	18	18	19	18	17	21	15	16	25	17	17	26	22	23	26	20	19	22	19
Chill °C (?)	21	18	20	17	18	20	18	17	21	18	22	28	22	20	27	25	25	27	22	22	22	20
Sunrise	-	6:15	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:18	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:20	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:42	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:36	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.6 SSW	0.7 SSW	2.5 SW	1.7 SW	0.4 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.3 WNW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SSW	1.4 SW	1.3 SE	1.2 SSW	1.1 SW	1.5 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	15	13	13	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	8	11	18	16	15	14	13	13	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 WNW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	-	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	1.2 SSW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.6 WNW	1.1 SE	0.7 WNW	0.7 WNW	0.5 WNW
Period (s)	18	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	-	13	13	13	13	11	20	11	10	18	9	16	16	16
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.2 S	2.2 S	2.0 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.8 SSW	-	0.2 SSE	-	3.5 SSW	1.6 SE	-	0.7 S	2.3 SE	2.2 ESE	-	-	0.8 SE	0.8 SE	-	0.6 NNW	0.6 NW	-
Period (s)	8	10	7	6	12	-	14	-	13	6	-	4	8	8	-	-	6	6	-	3	4	-

	Wednesday 11			Thursday 12								Friday 13								Saturday 14
	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	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	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	2	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.5 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.2 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	6	8	9	9	10	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	14	14	14
Energy(?)	589	198	329	697	884	1565	1293	914	1193	1175	1049	3187	2176	2016	1038	1052	1663	1909	2118	2271	2588	2617
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- on	on	on	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
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)				12:15AM 0.95				12:25PM 1.05				1:18AM 1.35				1:17PM 1.15				1:54AM 1.19
Low Tide / height (m)		5:54PM 0.62				6:23AM 0.67				7:04PM 0.53				7:22AM 0.57				7:45PM 0.40				7:59AM 0.45
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	light rain	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Temp. °C	22	21	20	19	18	19	19	20	20	18	18	18	18	19	18	19	20	19	19	18	18	17
Chill °C (?)	22	21	19	18	17	18	18	20	20	17	17	17	18	19	17	18	20	18	18	17	17	16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18
Sunset	7:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:40	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	1.0 SW	0.7 SSW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.8 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.6 SSW	2.0 SSW	2.1 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	11	11	16	16	16	14	15	10	13	13	13	13	12	12	16	12	15	15	14	14	14	14
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.6 WNW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	-	0.3 WNW	0.1 W	1.2 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 SSE	0.2 WNW	0.8 SSW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 SSE
Period (s)	18	18	11	18	-	16	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	16	15	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 S	0.8 S	1.5 S	2.0 S	2.2 S	2.5 SSW	2.2 S	1.6 SSE	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.0 SSE	-	-	1.8 SSW	-	-	0.9 SSW	-	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	-
Period (s)	4	4	6	8	9	9	10	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	12	-	-	5	-	14	13	-

	Wednesday 11									Thursday 12
	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	Long Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	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	2	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	2.4 S	2.4 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10
Energy(?)	438	133	133	135	154	409	153	219	219	219	183	1176	1056	1333	850	850	868	868	887	892	902	964
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)											12:14AM 0.95
Low Tide / height (m)				5:54PM 0.62													6:21AM 0.67
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19
Chill °C (?)	21	22	22	22	22	22	20	20	20	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:42	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	2.3 SSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	9	16	16	9	9	9	10	10	10
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.5 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 WNW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	1.0 SW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	11	11	11	18	11	11	15	18	18	15	15	15	15	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.7 SSW	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.5 S	0.6 S	0.7 SSW	0.9 S	1.2 S	1.5 S	1.7 S	2.0 S	2.4 S	2.4 SSW	1.5 SE	2.1 S	2.1 S	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE
Period (s)	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	6	9	9	6	6	6	6	6	6