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

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Preloading...

Show location on the map:

Wave Energy Map

Wave Height Map

Wind Map

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.

Cape Town Photos

Cape Town Wavefinder

7 day 48 hour

	Wed		Thursday 03			Friday 04			Saturday 05			Sunday 06			Monday 07			Tuesday 08			Wed
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town
Rating	4	1	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	2	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.5 SE	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.3 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.0 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	12	12	8	11	11	12	20	18	16	15	15	14	13	13	18	16	15	14	13
Energy(?)	1528	694	852	901	857	796	291	234	353	1183	3063	3158	2387	2117	1480	1027	757	609	1165	1527	1065	1014
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:09PM		6:27AM 5:39AM	7:03PM		7:31AM		8:20PM	9:05AM		10:25PM	11:13AM		11:59PM	12:29PM	6:09PM	12:57AM	3:33PM 4:38AM	1:42AM		2:51PM
Low Tide / height (m)	11:58AM		12:12AM	12:47PM		1:10AM	1:59PM		2:43AM		3:48PM		5:05AM	5:41PM		6:27AM	6:39PM		7:16PM		8:46AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	cloudy	cloudy	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	18	24	29	21	25	27	22	21	27	23	26	27	23	23	24	19	19	19	17	17
Low °C	16	20	15	16	28	18	20	27	20	20	27	20	22	25	21	21	23	18	18	18	16	16
Chill °C (?)	19	21	17	24	29	21	25	27	22	21	27	23	26	27	23	23	24	18	18	18	15	16
Sunrise	6:58	-	-	6:58	-	-	7:00	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:01	-	-	7:03	-	-	7:03
Sunset	-	6:39	-	-	6:38	-	-	6:37	-	-	6:36	-	-	6:35	-	-	6:34	-	-	6:32	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.3 SSW	1.6 SW	1.6 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.2 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.4 SSW	2.2 SW	2.5 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.7 SW	1.5 SW	1.2 SW	1.5 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.7 SSW
Period (s)	12	12	13	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	18	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	16	15	14	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.7 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.8 S	0.1 SW	0.2 S	1.3 SSW	-	1.2 SSE	0.6 S	0.9 SSE	0.7 S	-	0.2 S	1.0 SSW	1.1 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	12	11	11	11	11	10	8	10	11	20	-	8	7	7	7	-	13	18	12	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.1 SE	2.0 S	1.7 SSE	-	1.4 SSE	2.5 SE	-	1.1 S	1.3 SSE	2.3 SE	1.1 SSE	2.0 SE	-	1.4 SE	-	-	0.9 S	1.6 SSE	1.2 SSE	2.2 SSE	2.3 SSE	1.8 SSE
Period (s)	5	6	7	-	7	8	-	8	7	7	7	8	-	7	-	-	4	6	5	7	7	6

	Wednesday 02	Thursday 03	Friday 04
	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	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Monwabisi Strand Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	2	1	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 S	2.5 SE	1.5 SSW	1.9 SE
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	8	11	8
Energy(?)	1906	1737	1528	961	694	551	775	852	1136	880	901	793	857	522	882	796	515	403
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	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
High Tide / height (m)		5:39AM 1.53				6:09PM 1.34				6:32AM 1.61				7:07PM 1.47				7:31AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				11:58AM 0.15				12:16AM 0.56				12:47PM 0.33				1:09AM 0.46
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	19	21	20	19	16	15	14	16	24	28	29	23	22	18	21	19
Chill °C (?)	15	15	19	21	20	19	15	14	13	16	24	28	29	23	22	17	21	19
Sunrise	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:00
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.5 SSW	2.5 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.9 SW	1.6 SW	1.4 SW	1.6 SSW	1.6 SSW	1.9 S	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.7 SSW	1.8 SSW	1.4 SSW	1.9 S	1.2 SSW	1.5 SSW	1.2 SSE
Period (s)	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	-	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.6 SSW	0.5 SW	0.7 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.1 W	1.1 SSW
Period (s)	-	12	12	12	11	15	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	13	11
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	1.1 SE	1.5 S	2.0 S	1.8 S	1.9 SSE	1.7 SSE	2.1 ESE	1.2 SSE	-	1.0 SSE	1.4 SSE	1.8 SSE	1.8 SSE	2.5 SE	-	1.9 SE
Period (s)	-	-	5	6	6	7	7	7	6	7	-	8	7	8	8	8	-	8