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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	Thu	Friday 22			Saturday 23			Sunday 24			Monday 25			Tuesday 26			Wednesday 27			Thursday 28
	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	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Black Rocks Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Boneyards Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Kalk Bay Reef Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Kreefte Reef Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town
Rating	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	1	2	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	1.6 WSW	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	2.0 S	1.6 S
Period(s) (?)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	7	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8
Energy(?)	1875	1147	1092	1600	1576	1610	1187	866	375	253	80	247	3217	3514	5453	4598	2334	2016	1003	533	627	349
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		8:09AM		8:41PM	9:33AM	7:15PM	10:08PM	10:41AM		11:22PM	11:35AM		12:13AM	12:18PM		12:52AM	1:05PM			1:46PM	1:58AM
Low Tide / height (m)	1:33AM		2:54PM	2:55AM		4:15PM	4:12AM		5:24PM		5:20AM	6:13PM 1:32AM		6:09AM	6:50PM		6:53AM	7:22PM	8:41AM	6:54PM		9:06AM
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	rain shwrs	some clouds	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	19	21	20	17	17	21	19	19	19	19	18	18	17	16	16	16	18	18	18	23	25	22
Low °C	19	20	19	16	17	20	17	18	18	17	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	18	15	18	25	18
Chill °C (?)	19	21	20	17	17	21	19	19	19	19	18	17	16	14	14	15	18	17	17	23	25	22
Sunrise	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-	5:28	-	-
Sunset	-	-	7:34	-	-	7:35	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:37	-	-	7:38	-	-	7:39	-	-	7:38	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.3 SW	2.3 SW	2.4 SW	2.1 SW	1.9 SW	1.3 SW	1.1 SW	0.6 SW	0.2 SSE	3.0 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.5 SW	3.0 SW	3.0 SSW	2.3 SSW	1.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.5 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	7	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.3 NW	0.1 NW	0.7 S	0.4 SSE	0.1 W	0.1 W	-	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	-	0.1 SW
Period (s)	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	7	15	15	-	13	13	13	12	12	12	-	9
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.9 SSE	-	-	-	-	-	0.9 SSE	-	0.8 S	-	0.8 WNW	1.6 WSW	0.1 W	0.9 WNW	4.0 WSW	4.0 SW	-	-	-	-	2.0 S	1.6 S
Period (s)	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	8	-	4	7	11	4	12	12	-	-	-	-	9	8

	Thursday 21	Friday 22	Saturday 23
	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	Beach Road Cape Town	Beach Road Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bali Bay (Glen Reef) Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Cemetery Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Beach Road Cape Town	Bettys Bay Overberg	Bettys Bay Overberg	Muizenberg Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Black Rocks Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Big Bay Cape Town
Rating	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Energy(?)	644	736	1712	1875	1942	1657	1147	1185	1092	1423	1259	1600	2077	1095	1576	1336	1610	1403
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		7:19PM 1.07					8:07AM 1.14				8:39PM 0.99				9:29AM 1.12
Low Tide / height (m)				1:33AM 0.75					2:41PM 0.58				2:49AM 0.57				4:26PM 0.81
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	21	20	19	19	20	21	20	19	17	16	16	16	17	17	18	21	19
Chill °C (?)	23	21	20	19	19	20	21	20	19	17	16	16	16	17	17	18	21	19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-
Sunset	7:32	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:35	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.6 SW	1.6 SW	2.1 SW	2.2 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	1.9 SW	1.9 SW	1.8 SW	2.1 SW	2.0 SW	2.3 SW	2.5 SW	1.9 SW	2.3 SW	2.2 SW	2.4 SW	2.3 SW
Period (s)	12	12	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SW	1.1 SW	0.4 NW	0.3 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 W	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.4 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.1 NW	0.2 WNW	0.2 WNW
Period (s)	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12
Wind waves (m) & direction	1.3 S	1.3 S	1.2 SSE	0.9 SSE	0.8 SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	6	6	6	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-