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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Cape Town Wavefinder

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	Thursday 07			Friday 08			Saturday 09			Sunday 10			Monday 11			Tuesday 12			Wednesday 13			Thu
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Kamer Van Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town
Rating	6	5	5	4	2	2	2	2	3	4	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12
Energy(?)	5319	4784	3698	2626	1811	1011	690	1230	993	1728	1387	1067	1154	1945	1657	1306	1286	1594	1460	1374	1281	840
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		6:38PM		7:32AM	7:57PM 6:23AM		9:01AM		9:46PM	10:26AM		11:03PM	11:29AM		12:05AM	12:22PM	6:35PM	12:56AM	5:27AM	1:39AM		1:43PM
Low Tide / height (m)	12:27PM		12:56AM	1:42PM		2:18AM		3:47PM	4:04AM		4:58PM 12:23PM		5:08AM	6:00PM		6:06AM	6:49PM		6:51PM		8:24AM	7:07PM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	27	22	18	22	18	21	17	18	19	16	15	19	22	17	19	17	17	20	23	17	17
Low °C	15	26	17	17	19	16	17	17	15	16	16	14	15	22	15	17	17	14	16	20	15	16
Chill °C (?)	18	27	22	17	22	17	21	15	17	19	14	13	19	22	16	19	16	16	20	23	16	16
Sunrise	5:39	-	-	5:39	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:37	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:35	-	-	5:33
Sunset	-	7:20	-	-	7:21	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:22	-	-	7:24	-	-	7:24	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.1 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	1.8 SW	2.0 SSW	2.2 SW	2.2 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.0 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	12	14	13	13	12	14	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	1.1 SW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.8 SSW	0.1 NW	0.9 SSE	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	18	16	16	16	15	16	15	13	13	16	13	6	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	2.0 SE	1.4 SSE	1.2 SSE	1.3 SE	1.6 S	1.9 S	1.9 S	1.9 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.6 S	1.6 SSE	1.3 SSE	0.9 SE	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	1.1 S	1.0 SSE	1.3 S	1.1 SE	1.1 S	-	-
Period (s)	6	7	7	6	6	7	8	6	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	6	5	5	-	-

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	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	The Boiler Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Energy(?)	4645	4784	5319	5386	4784	4562	4181	3698	3128	3004	2626	2114	1811	1664	1347	1011	669	600
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:25AM 1.44				6:35PM 1.14				7:32AM 1.12				7:53PM 1.08
Low Tide / height (m)				12:23PM 0.51				12:55AM 0.69				1:43PM 0.57					2:18AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	19	22	27	23	19	17	18	17	18	22	19	18	17	16	16	17
Chill °C (?)	12	14	18	22	27	23	19	17	18	17	17	22	18	17	15	14	15	16
Sunrise	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:37
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:21	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.5 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SSW	3.0 SW	3.0 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.1 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.4 SW	1.3 SW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	1.1 SE	-	-	-	0.5 ESE	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7	7	-	-	-	9	-	-	-	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.5 SSE	1.3 SSE	2.0 SE	1.9 SE	1.4 SSE	1.5 SSE	1.4 SE	1.2 SSE	1.6 SE	1.3 SE	1.3 SE	1.1 S	1.6 S	1.4 SSE	2.0 S	1.9 S	2.0 S	2.0 S
Period (s)	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	8