Surf Climatology
Best Time to Surf Kalk Bay Reef
Cape Town, South Africa
Kalk Bay Reef is a surf break in Cape Town, South Africa, and this page shows the time of year when it usually gets the most surf. The figures are three years of offshore wave data, 2022 to 2024, averaged month by month at the nearest offshore point. The peak surf season at Kalk Bay Reef is Jul & Aug, when the average offshore swell is at its biggest.
Peak surf season: Jul & Aug.
Based on the 3-year average offshore wave height, 2022–2024.
Best time to visit
3-year monthly avg · offshore significant wave height · 2022–2024
Peak surf season:JulAug
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Peak monthsThis monthOff-peakTap a bar for details.
Jan: 5.3ft average swell at 8.6 s from the SW.
Feb: 5.3ft average swell at 8.5 s from the SSW.
Mar: 5.6ft average swell at 8.8 s from the SSW.
Apr: 5.7ft average swell at 8.9 s from the SSW.
May: 6.5ft average swell at 9.6 s from the SW.
Jun: 6.6ft average swell at 9.5 s from the SW.
Jul: 7.4ft average swell at 9.6 s from the SW.
Aug: 7.4ft average swell at 9.7 s from the SW.
Sep: 6.8ft average swell at 9.3 s from the SW.
Oct: 5.5ft average swell at 8.7 s from the SSW.
Nov: 5.5ft average swell at 8.7 s from the SW.
Dec: 5.7ft average swell at 8.6 s from the SW.
Offshore significant wave height (Hs) from Open-Meteo ERA5 reanalysis, 2022–2024, at -34.0°, 18.5°.
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