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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	Thu	Friday 05			Saturday 06			Sunday 07			Monday 08			Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11
	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	Dunes Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Muizenberg 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	Dias Beach Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	3	4	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	1.1 SSE	1.9 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period(s)	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	11	11
Energy	873	1457	510	1475	530	565	1295	1186	1660	1000	1026	1979	1178	837	687	1071	1079	1835	1494	1622	1367	1027
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)		5:52AM 1.21	6:31PM 1.25		6:36AM 1.15	7:19PM 1.23		7:35AM 1.33		8:14PM 1.23	8:38AM 1.08		9:16PM 1.49	9:57AM 1.31		10:19PM 1.29	11:04AM 1.14		11:28PM 1.59	12:13PM 1.45		12:27AM 1.67
Low Tide / height (m)	11:53PM 0.44	12:06PM 0.34		12:38AM 0.48	12:48PM 0.39		1:32AM 0.50	1:41PM 0.67		2:35AM 0.50		2:47PM 0.70	3:57AM 0.66		3:59PM 0.69	4:54AM 0.38		4:58PM 0.44		6:04AM 0.50	6:03PM 0.38
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	light rain	mod. rain	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	mod. rain	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	-	-
High °C	15	14	15	14	14	15	15	16	18	18	15	16	16	15	17	16	17	16	15	14	15	15
Low °C	14	14	15	14	13	15	14	14	18	15	14	16	14	14	17	16	16	16	13	13	14	14
Chill °C (?)	13	13	15	14	13	14	14	16	18	18	15	16	16	15	17	16	17	16	15	14	15	15
Sunrise	-	7:45	-	-	7:45	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:46	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:47	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:43	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-	-	5:44	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	2.1 SE	1.1 SSE	1.9 SE	1.1 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.8 WSW	1.9 WSW	2.1 WSW	1.6 SW	1.7 SW	2.4 SW	2.0 SW	1.7 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 WSW	2.4 WSW	2.2 WSW	1.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	12	12	11	12	11	13	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	13	12	12	12	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	0.9 SW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.2 SSE	0.2 SSE	0.1 SE	0.1 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.5 W	0.4 WNW	0.3 SE	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.3 SSW	0.6 S	0.6 S	1.0 SSW
Period (s)	11	10	15	13	12	12	14	9	8	11	11	11	12	8	7	7	10	11	12	11	11	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 NW	0.7 NNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.6 N
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4

	Thursday 04			Friday 05								Saturday 06								Sunday 07
	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	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town
Rating	0	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	2.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period(s)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	13
Energy	686	1788	936	873	892	870	1457	692	510	1696	1109	1475	1422	1234	530	346	565	590	1223	1295	1001	1447
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State	-	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	mid-flow	high
High Tide / height (m)		5:48PM 1.29				5:53AM 1.21				6:31PM 1.25				6:36AM 1.16				7:20PM 1.23				7:31AM 1.10
Low Tide / height (m)				11:53PM 0.44				12:06PM 0.34				12:38AM 0.48				12:48PM 0.39				1:32AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	14	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	14	15	14	14	15
Chill °C (?)	13	12	12	14	13	13	13	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	14	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46
Sunset	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.5 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	2.1 SE	1.3 SSE	1.1 SSE	2.1 SE	1.4 SE	1.9 SE	1.8 SE	1.8 SE	1.1 SSE	0.9 SSE	1.0 SSE	1.4 WSW	2.0 WSW	1.8 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.1 WSW
Period (s)	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 S	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.2 SW	1.2 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.9 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SSE	0.8 SE	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.4 SE
Period (s)	15	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	10	12	14	14	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.7 SSE	2.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	-	0.7 NW	0.7 NNW	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	3	-	4	4	-	-

	Thursday 04	Friday 05
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town	Dias Beach Cape Town
Rating	0	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.1 SW	2.4 SE	1.9 SE	2.4 SE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE
Period(s)	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Energy	794	716	686	662	529	1788	1046	1737	936	908	915	873	885	906	892	820	831	870	769	1465	1457	1477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State	on	on	on	on	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)				5:49PM 1.27												5:53AM 1.21
Low Tide / height (m)										11:53PM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	16	15	15	15	15	13	15	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Chill °C (?)	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	12	12	12	13	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:44	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.8 SW	0.7 SW	1.1 SW	1.5 SSE	1.0 SW	1.4 SSE	1.8 SE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.6 SE	1.4 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE	2.1 SE
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 W	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.1 S	0.3 W	0.7 SW	0.3 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW	0.9 SW
Period (s)	10	15	15	15	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.8 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SSE	2.4 SE	1.9 SE	2.4 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	10	10	10	10	7	10	10	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-