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

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	Sun		Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28			Friday 29			Saturday 30			Sun
	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	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town
Rating	3	1	2	1	2	4	5	3	4	3	3	4	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	0	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.4 SW	1.5 SSE	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	10	6	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	9	10	6	7	12	6	13	12
Energy(?)	524	258	220	80	207	1794	3244	3207	4598	2766	2619	1108	528	506	460	460	218	254	505	159	374	319
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- on	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	10:49AM		11:32PM	11:35AM		12:12AM	12:17PM		12:52AM 10:41AM	12:54PM		1:27AM	1:28PM		2:00AM		2:02PM	2:32AM	2:36PM 4:37AM	2:40AM		2:57PM
Low Tide / height (m)		5:24PM	4:20AM	5:19AM	6:12PM		6:09AM	6:50PM		6:49AM	7:22PM		7:25AM	7:53PM		7:59AM 5:24PM		8:24PM	7:28PM		9:56AM	8:18AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	1	-	2	1	2	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	21	22	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	20	19	17	22	18	18	23	18	18	23
Low °C	18	20	18	18	17	16	16	17	16	17	17	14	16	18	16	17	18	16	18	18	16	19
Chill °C (?)	21	22	19	18	18	16	16	15	16	17	17	16	20	18	16	22	17	17	23	17	17	23
Sunrise	5:30	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	7:36	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:40	-	-	7:42	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.5 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SSW	2.4 SSW	1.7 SSW	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.1 W	0.7 SW	0.9 SW	1.4 SW	0.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	10	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	9	8	11	13	11	10	12	11	13	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 S	0.5 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 E	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.6 SSW	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 SW	0.7 WSW	0.3 SW	0.5 WSW	0.7 W	0.9 WSW
Period (s)	11	11	8	10	15	15	-	-	13	13	10	12	12	11	11	8	16	14	16	11	10	10
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	1.0 S	-	0.7 W	1.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.9 WNW	3.5 SW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	1.6 S	1.7 SSE	1.7 SSE	0.9 S	1.5 SSE	1.3 S	1.0 S
Period (s)	-	8	-	4	6	11	4	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	9	10	6	7	7	6	6	5

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	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM	5PM	8PM	11PM	2AM	5AM	8AM	11AM	2PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Muizenberg Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Fish Hoek Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town
Rating	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	5
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.6 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	6	8	9	12	12	13
Energy(?)	930	836	524	582	258	303	265	220	220	67	80	61	207	315	845	1794	3089	3477
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	glass	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off	off
Tide State(?)	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	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)			10:49AM 1.41					11:21PM 1.02				11:35AM 1.21				12:12AM 1.09
Low Tide / height (m)	4:20AM 0.82					5:24PM 0.51				5:19AM 0.54				6:12PM 0.44				6:09AM 0.50
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	light rain	clear	some clouds	some clouds	cloudy	light rain
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1
Temp. °C	17	19	21	19	22	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	17	17	17	16	16	16
Chill °C (?)	17	19	21	18	22	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	15	15	15
Sunrise	-	5:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:37	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	1.5 SW	1.3 SSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	1.0 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.9 SW	2.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	10	10	11	15	14	12	12	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.9 WSW	1.0 WSW	1.0 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.7 S	0.6 S	0.5 W	0.5 W	0.4 S	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.1 W
Period (s)	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	8	8	10	10	8	15	15	15	15	15	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.6 SE	-	-	1.6 SW	1.0 S	0.9 S	0.8 S	-	-	0.4 W	0.7 W	1.1 WNW	1.6 WSW	1.6 WSW	2.3 WSW	0.1 W	0.8 WNW	0.8 WNW
Period (s)	4	-	-	11	8	8	8	-	-	3	4	5	6	8	9	11	4	4