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.

Cape Town Surf Forecast

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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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Cape Town Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Thu	Friday 11			Saturday 12			Sunday 13			Monday 14			Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16			Thursday 17
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Platboom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Extensions Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Energy(?)	508	1018	1077	1094	607	1679	1946	2104	2472	1652	2744	2279	1968	2071	1369	1407	1622	1807	1599	1226	914	658
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	glass
High Tide / height (m)	2:27AM 2:18PM		2:53PM	3:01AM		3:19PM	3:18AM		3:38PM	3:44AM		4:05PM	4:16AM 2:34AM		4:32PM	4:38AM		5:01PM		3:42PM	3:20AM
Low Tide / height (m)	8:21PM	8:44AM		8:51PM	9:09AM		9:13PM 8:20PM	9:34AM		9:39PM	9:59AM		10:06PM	10:26AM		10:31PM	10:53AM		8:41AM		10:34PM	8:51AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	23	21	22	19	19	18	16	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	21	18	18	23	20	20	19	20
Low °C	22	21	21	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	14	14	21	15	15	23	17	17	19	17
Chill °C (?)	23	21	22	19	19	18	15	16	16	15	16	16	16	15	21	17	18	23	20	20	19	20
Sunrise	-	7:05	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:05	-	-	7:07	-	-	7:09	-	-	7:09	-	-
Sunset	-	-	6:28	-	-	6:27	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:21	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.4 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.4 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.1 SW	2.1 SSW	2.2 SSW	2.3 SSW	2.1 SSW	1.9 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.5 SSW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 SSW	0.7 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 ESE	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 SW	0.1 W	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	1.0 SSE	0.3 NW	0.8 SSE
Period (s)	11	6	7	8	8	12	12	12	11	11	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	6	13	7
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SE	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 W	0.9 WNW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.8 ESE	1.6 SE	1.4 S	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.6 SE	1.9 SE	1.1 SSE
Period (s)	6	-	3	3	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6

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	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Koeel Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Platboom Cape Town	Outer Kom Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Crayfish Factory Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Kleinmond Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	311	336	366	508	508	1028	1018	1094	1077	1077	1094	1094	966	725	607	657	1679	2000
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	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
High Tide / height (m)	2:18PM 1.38				2:26AM 1.50				2:45PM 1.41				3:01AM 1.77				3:19PM 1.68
Low Tide / height (m)			8:26PM 0.49				8:44AM 0.15				8:46PM 0.19				9:09AM 0.11
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	cloudy	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Temp. °C	25	24	23	22	21	20	21	26	21	19	18	18	17	17	19	19	17	16
Chill °C (?)	25	24	23	22	21	20	21	26	21	19	18	18	16	16	19	19	16	15
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.8 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SSW	1.4 SW	1.5 SW	2.4 SSW	2.5 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	11	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 SSW	0.9 WSW	0.9 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.6 SE	0.6 WSW	0.7 SE	0.6 SE	0.5 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.4 SE	0.2 WNW	0.3 WSW	0.2 ESE	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	17	11	6	11	6	11	6	7	7	7	7	8	12	4	8	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	0.6 S	1.3 SE	0.9 SE	0.9 SE	-	-	-	0.4 WNW	0.5 NW	0.5 NW	0.5 W	0.6 WNW	0.5 N	0.9 WNW	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	6	6	-	-	-	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	-	-	-