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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	Thu		Friday 31			Saturday 01			Sunday 02			Monday 03			Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05			Thu
	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	Bettys Bay Overberg	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Off The Wall Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town
Rating	4	4	3	0	0	0	4	4	0	4	4	0	3	4	3	3	3	0	4	3	0	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	1.8 SE	3.5 SE
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	12	11	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	7	8
Energy(?)	2987	1973	1285	508	2645	3374	3484	2544	815	1666	1310	497	820	943	1106	1136	1049	439	877	871	481	1524
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- on	on	cross	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	cross- on	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	on	cross- off	off	on	off
High Tide / height (m)		10:27PM 1.03	11:08AM 1.19		11:37PM 1.15	12:00PM 1.36		12:28AM 1.27	12:42PM 1.49		1:13AM 1.40	1:24PM 1.62		1:54AM 1.52		2:06PM 1.74	2:36AM 1.59		2:54PM 1.97	3:18AM 1.59		3:29PM 1.71
Low Tide / height (m)	4:26PM 0.60	4:40AM 0.51		5:35PM 0.46		5:41AM 0.42	6:24PM 0.30		6:29AM 0.30	7:07PM 0.14		7:13AM 0.19	7:47PM 0.01		7:56AM 0.09		8:29PM -0.08	8:37AM 0.05		9:08PM -0.11	9:20AM 0.04
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	cloudy	clear	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	26	21	17	20	16	16	15	15	16	20	15	16	20	16	17	18	17	18	20	20	22	23
Low °C	24	17	17	18	15	15	15	13	14	18	13	15	18	15	16	17	16	16	19	15	17	22
Chill °C (?)	26	21	17	20	15	15	14	14	15	20	13	15	20	14	16	18	16	17	20	20	22	23
Sunrise	-	-	5:47	-	-	5:46	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:41	-	-	5:41	-
Sunset	7:09	-	-	7:10	-	-	7:13	-	-	7:14	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:15	-	-	7:16	-	-	7:19
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	2.3 SSW	2.0 SW	1.3 SSW	1.9 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	1.7 SW	2.0 WSW	1.6 WSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.4 SW	1.4 SW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	12	11	12	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 SSW	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	1.2 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.3 SSE	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.7 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW
Period (s)	-	13	13	-	11	12	12	14	-	11	11	-	12	11	12	11	16	15	14	10	23	21
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SE	1.1 SE	0.5 W	1.1 W	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.5 S	1.8 SSW	0.7 SSE	1.1 S	-	-	-	-	1.2 SSE	2.1 SSE	1.7 S	1.8 SE	3.5 SE
Period (s)	6	7	3	5	11	-	-	-	-	11	11	4	5	-	-	-	-	5	6	7	7	8

	Thursday 30					Friday 31								Saturday 01								Sun
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	3.0 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	3859	3404	3147	3232	2734	2314	1060	1391	1285	635	727	724	775	2645	1335	1553	1522	3377	3484	2969	2698	2544
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- 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)	9:57AM 1.07				10:27PM 1.04					11:08AM 1.19				11:36PM 1.15				11:58AM 1.34				12:28AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)			4:24PM 0.60				4:40AM 0.51					5:35PM 0.46				5:43AM 0.41				6:24PM 0.29
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	24	22	20	21	21	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14
Chill °C (?)	24	22	20	21	21	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	13	13
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:14	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SW	1.8 SW	1.9 SW	2.2 SSW	2.4 SSW	2.3 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	8	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 SE	1.2 ESE	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	1.1 SW	0.2 ESE	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.7 SSW
Period (s)	-	13	13	7	7	7	13	13	13	-	11	11	12	11	12	-	-	12	12	12	15	14
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.4 SE	1.2 SE	1.5 SE	-	1.0 ESE	-	-	0.5 W	0.8 W	1.1 W	1.5 WSW	0.5 NW	3.0 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	-	7	-	-	3	4	5	7	4	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Thursday 30															Friday 31
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Sunset Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4176	4086	4021	3848	4000	4107	1654	3052	3125	1955	2274	2256	2336	1349	1209	1191	1173	2481	2381	2161	2038	2007
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		9:57AM 1.07													10:25PM 1.04
Low Tide / height (m)									4:24PM 0.60												4:40AM 0.52
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	18	19	21	26	26	24	20	23	22	21	21	21	23	21	19	18	16	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	18	19	21	26	26	24	20	23	22	21	21	21	23	21	19	18	16	17	16	16	16
Sunrise	5:48	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.9 SSW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW
Period (s)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.1 SE	1.1 SE	1.0 SE	0.9 SE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	14	14	-	-	-	-	-	13	13	13	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	13	13	13	13	13
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.8 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.7 SE	1.3 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.5 SE	1.5 SE	-	-	-	-	0.9 SE	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	7	7	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	-	-	-	-	6	-	-	-