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Cape Town Surf Report and Forecast

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Today's Tide - Cape Town Time Times for Cape Town
High 2:18AM 6.1ft
Low 8:37AM 0.7ft
High 2:50PM 5.8ft
Low 8:53PM 1.1ft
First Light 7:09AM
Sunrise 7:36AM
Sunset 5:49PM
Last Light 6:16PM

Tide Location Cape Town, South Africa - 3.20km away Help

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Milnerton Lighthouse in the north of this zone is an average beach break, whilst nearby The Wedge is the place to go if you fancy polluted barrels.

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Cape Town Surf Forecast Fri 24 May - Sat 8 Jun

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Surf Forecasting help for Cape Town

A detailed long range Cape Town Surf forecast, surf report and (where available) surf webcams. This surf forecast will be useful for both Cape Town and nearby surf spots in the South Africa area. The information here is carefully calibrated and checked, please do read the surf forecasting help information first which will give you a good idea how to start interpreting this information.

Surf Forecasting Articles

Hourly Swell Rating Primary Swell Secondary Swell Wind (+ Gusts) Weather Prob.
Fri 05/24 12am 3.5ft 11s 261.94° 2.5ft 10s   5 6 mph Clear 61°f 100%
3am 4.5ft 11s 258.86° 2ft 10s 1.2ft 3s 8 10 mph Clear 61°f 100%
Fri 05/24 6am 4.5ft 11s 258.71° 2ft 10s   5 7 mph Sunny 59°f 100%
9am 5ft 11s 259.27° 1.9ft 9s   2 2 mph Overcast 64°f 100%
Noon 5ft 11s 256.04° 1.5ft 9s   4 4 mph Cloudy 68°f 100%
3pm 5ft 11s 255.84° 1.8ft 12s   4 4 mph Fair 66°f 100%
6pm 5ft 10s 254.73° 2ft 12s   3 4 mph Mostly Clear 63°f 100%
9pm 5ft 10s 254.01° 2.5ft 12s   2 3 mph Mostly Clear 63°f 100%
Tide and daylight times for
High 2:18AM 6.1ft
Low 8:37AM 0.7ft
High 2:50PM 5.8ft
Low 8:53PM 1.1ft
First Light 7:09AM
Sunrise 7:36AM
Sunset 5:49PM
Last Light 6:16PM
Sat 05/25 12am 4.5ft 10s 253.4° 2.5ft 12s   3 4 mph Mostly Clear 61°f 100%
3am 4ft 10s 252.84° 2.5ft 12s   7 9 mph Overcast 61°f 100%
Sat 05/25 6am 4ft 10s 254.01° 2.5ft 11s   10 13 mph Cloudy 59°f 100%
9am 4ft 9s 258.22° 2ft 11s   13 17 mph Fair 64°f 100%
Noon 3ft 9s 247.5° 1.6ft 11s 1.9ft 3s 14 18 mph Fair 66°f 100%
3pm 4ft 9s 260.48° 1.4ft 11s   12 17 mph Fair 66°f 100%
6pm 5ft 9s 251.87° 1.2ft 12s 1.9ft 3s 13 19 mph Mostly Clear 63°f 100%
9pm 5.5ft 9s 250.78° 3ft 4s 1.3ft 11s 15 22 mph Brief Showers 61°f 100%
Tide and daylight times for
High 3:03AM 6.2ft
Low 9:21AM 0.6ft
High 3:35PM 6ft
Low 9:40PM 1ft
First Light 7:10AM
Sunrise 7:37AM
Sunset 5:48PM
Last Light 6:15PM
Sun 05/26 12am 6ft 9s 255.3° 3.5ft 5s 1.2ft 12s 16 25 mph Brief Showers 61°f 100%
3am 6.5ft 10s 258.12° 1.2ft 11s 4.5ft 5s 18 29 mph Rain 59°f 100%
Sun 05/26 6am 8ft 10s 274.5° 1.3ft 11s   16 26 mph Rain 59°f 100%
9am 7ft 10s 270.77° 1.3ft 11s   14 19 mph Light Showers 61°f 100%
Noon 7ft 10s 269.57° 1.3ft 11s   14 18 mph Rain 63°f 100%
3pm 6.5ft 10s 269.62° 1.3ft 10s   12 17 mph Rain 61°f 100%
6pm 6.5ft 10s 268.74° 1.5ft 10s   8 12 mph Rain 61°f 100%
9pm 6.5ft 10s 267.29° 1.5ft 10s 0.8ft 12s 13 20 mph Light Showers 61°f 100%
Tide and daylight times for
High 3:49AM 6.2ft
Low 10:06AM 0.6ft
High 4:21PM 6ft
Low 10:27PM 1ft
First Light 7:10AM
Sunrise 7:38AM
Sunset 5:48PM
Last Light 6:15PM
Mon 05/27 12am 5.5ft 9s 278.62° 3ft 11s 3ft 8s 16 25 mph Heavy Thunderstorms 61°f 85%
3am 6.5ft 11s 271.6° 2.5ft 8s 1.8ft 10s 14 22 mph Heavy Thunderstorms 61°f 85%
Mon 05/27 6am 7ft 10s 266.06° 2.5ft 9s 1.7ft 10s 11 17 mph Light Showers Possible 61°f 80%
9am 7ft 10s 267.2° 3.5ft 9s   14 18 mph Brief Showers Possible 63°f 80%
Noon 7ft 10s 265.89° 3.5ft 9s   15 20 mph Brief Showers Possible 63°f 70%
3pm 6.5ft 10s 267.85° 3.5ft 9s   8 12 mph Brief Showers Possible 63°f 70%
6pm 6ft 10s 266.53° 3.5ft 9s   3 5 mph Brief Showers Possible 61°f 65%
9pm 6ft 11s 267.65° 3.5ft 9s   2 3 mph Brief Showers Possible 61°f 65%
Tide and daylight times for
High 4:36AM 6ft
Low 10:51AM 0.8ft
High 5:08PM 6ft
Low 11:18PM 1.2ft
First Light 7:11AM
Sunrise 7:38AM
Sunset 5:47PM
Last Light 6:15PM
Tue 05/28 12am 5ft 10s 268.6° 3.5ft 11s   5 7 mph Brief Showers Possible 59°f 52%
3am 6.5ft 11s 260.48° 3.5ft 9s   6 7 mph Clear 59°f 52%
Tue 05/28 6am 5.5ft 11s 263.01° 3.5ft 10s   6 7 mph Sunny 57°f 63%
9am 6ft 11s 258.24° 3.5ft 10s   5 5 mph Sunny 59°f 63%
Noon 6ft 13s 257.03° 3.5ft 10s   5
mph 		Sunny 63°f 25%
3pm 6ft 13s 255.44° 3.5ft 10s   2 2 mph Sunny 63°f 25%
6pm 6ft 13s 254.27° 3ft 10s   2 3 mph Clear 61°f 72%
9pm 6ft 13s 253.17° 3ft 10s   3 4 mph Clear 59°f 72%
Tide and daylight times for
High 5:24AM 5.7ft
Low 11:39AM 1ft
High 5:57PM 5.8ft
First Light 7:12AM
Sunrise 7:39AM
Sunset 5:47PM
Last Light 6:14PM
Wed 05/29 12am 6ft 12s 252.98° 3ft 9s   2 3 mph Clear 59°f 75%
3am 5.5ft 12s 252.78° 3ft 9s   4 5 mph Clear 59°f 75%
Wed 05/29 6am 5ft 12s 252.56° 2.5ft 9s   7 9 mph Sunny 59°f 65%
9am 4.5ft 12s 254.42° 2.5ft 9s   11 16 mph Sunny 63°f 65%
Noon 4ft 11s 253.31° 2.5ft 9s 1.4ft 3s 15 20 mph Sunny 64°f 67%
3pm 5ft 11s 254.38° 2.5ft 13s   14 21 mph Sunny 63°f 67%
6pm 6.5ft 11s 250° 2.5ft 12s   13 19 mph Brief Showers 61°f 12%
9pm 7.5ft 11s 248.98° 2.5ft 12s   11 15 mph Brief Showers 61°f 12%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 12:12AM 1.5ft
High 6:17AM 5.3ft
Low 12:31PM 1.4ft
High 6:51PM 5.5ft
First Light 7:12AM
Sunrise 7:39AM
Sunset 5:47PM
Last Light 6:14PM
Thu 05/30 12am 8ft 11s 248.81° 2ft 12s   9 13 mph Brief Showers 61°f 23%
3am 7ft 10s 252.08° 5ft 12s   7 10 mph Mostly Clear 59°f 23%
Thu 05/30 6am 11.5ft 15s 245.16° 1.6ft 11s   6 8 mph Fair 59°f 28%
9am 12.5ft 15s 245.73° 1.4ft 11s   5 5 mph Fair 63°f 28%
Noon 12.5ft 15s 246.65° 1.3ft 11s   4 4 mph Fair 64°f 38%
3pm 12ft 14s 247.04° 1.2ft 10s   4 4 mph Fair 63°f 38%
6pm 11.5ft 14s 247.01° 1.2ft 10s   4 5 mph Clear 61°f 55%
9pm 10.5ft 14s 246.03° 1.1ft 13s   5 7 mph Clear 61°f 55%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 1:13AM 1.8ft
High 7:15AM 5ft
Low 1:29PM 1.8ft
High 7:52PM 5.2ft
First Light 7:13AM
Sunrise 7:40AM
Sunset 5:46PM
Last Light 6:14PM
Fri 05/31 12am 10ft 14s 246.46° 1.5ft 13s   4 5 mph Clear 59°f 76%
3am 9ft 13s 246.36° 1.4ft 10s   3 4 mph Clear 59°f 76%
Fri 05/31 6am 8.5ft 13s 246.37° 1ft 10s   3 4 mph Fair 59°f 90%
9am 7.5ft 13s 246.29° 1.2ft 10s   7 9 mph Fair 63°f 90%
Noon 7ft 13s 246.56° 1ft 10s   11 16 mph Fair 64°f 75%
3pm 7ft 12s 244.35° 1.9ft 3s 0.7ft 10s 13 20 mph Cloudy 63°f 75%
6pm 7ft 12s 241.98° 0.9ft 17s 3ft 4s 15 23 mph Cloudy 61°f 41%
9pm 6.5ft 12s 241.45° 1.3ft 17s 4.5ft 5s 20 29 mph Cloudy 59°f 41%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 2:24AM 2ft
High 8:22AM 4.6ft
Low 2:37PM 2.1ft
High 9:00PM 5ft
First Light 7:13AM
Sunrise 7:41AM
Sunset 5:46PM
Last Light 6:13PM

Extended Surf Forecast for Cape Town Area
Sat 06/01 12am 9ft 12s 241.4° 1ft 15s   22 35 mph Clear 57°f 30%
3am 9.5ft 12s 238.53° 1.1ft 15s   26 40 mph Mostly Clear 57°f 30%
Sat 06/01 6am 9.5ft 11s 238.53° 1.2ft 14s   29 47 mph Brief Showers 57°f 23%
9am 9.5ft 11s 240.82° 1.6ft 18s   25 39 mph Heavy Rain 57°f 23%
Noon 9.5ft 11s 243.12° 3ft 17s 4.5ft 5s 34 50 mph Heavy Showers 61°f 33%
3pm 9.5ft 16s 235.1° 6.5ft 6s 1.2ft 14s 39 45 mph Showers 57°f 33%
6pm 10.5ft 14s 239.68° 4.5ft 7s 1.2ft 14s 39 45 mph Showers 57°f 26%
9pm 11ft 14s 242.54° 1.2ft 13s   36 43 mph Brief Showers 63°f 26%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 3:43AM 2.1ft
High 9:40AM 4.4ft
Low 3:54PM 2.2ft
High 10:14PM 4.9ft
First Light 7:14AM
Sunrise 7:41AM
Sunset 5:46PM
Last Light 6:13PM
Sun 06/02 12am 11ft 14s 238.53° 1.2ft 13s   37 43 mph Showers 55°f 38%
3am 11.5ft 13s 237.39° 1.1ft 13s   37 43 mph Showers 55°f 38%
Sun 06/02 6am 12.5ft 13s 235.67° 1.1ft 13s   37 43 mph Showers 55°f 43%
9am 13ft 14s 234.52°     36 42 mph Showers 57°f 43%
Noon 13.5ft 13s 233.38°     36 42 mph Showers 57°f 5%
3pm 13ft 13s 233.95°     36 42 mph Showers 57°f 5%
6pm 12.5ft 14s 229.37° 4.5ft 5s   36 42 mph Showers 57°f 10%
9pm 14ft 14s 235.67°     37 43 mph Showers 55°f 10%
Tide and daylight times for
Low 4:58AM 2.1ft
High 11:00AM 4.4ft
Low 5:07PM 2.3ft
High 11:24PM 5ft
First Light 7:14AM
Sunrise 7:42AM
Sunset 5:46PM
Last Light 6:13PM
Mon 06/03 12am 14ft 14s 233.38°     41 50 mph Showers 59°f 30%

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