Check the Beach

Macassar Beach

City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Today at a glance

Calmest: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 7:05 pm
6 am
4.7
6 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
7 am
5.1
4 km/h2 mph wind, Fair
Now
6.0
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
9 am
6.3
3 km/h2 mph wind, Good
10 am
4.8
5 km/h3 mph wind, Fair
11 am
5.4
9 km/h6 mph wind, Fair
12 pm
5.9
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
1 pm
6.2
10 km/h6 mph wind, Good
2 pm
5.9
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
3 pm
5.7
11 km/h7 mph wind, Good
4 pm
5.4
12 km/h7 mph wind, Fair
5 pm
5.7
8 km/h5 mph wind, Good
6 pm
7.1
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7 pm
7.2
6 km/h3 mph wind, Great

This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.

Where to stay near the beach

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Forecast, hour by hour

Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.

Air
16°C61°F
Water
16°C60°F
Wind
32 km/hmph NNW
Gusts
117 km/hmph
Waves
1.9 m6 ft
UV
2 low
Tide
rising
Rain
0%
Sunset
7:05 pm
Today
4.7Fair6 am63
5.1Fair7 am42
6.0GoodNow32
6.3Good9 am32
4.8Fair10 am53
5.4Fair11 am96
5.9Good12 pm85
6.2Good1 pm106
5.9Good2 pm117
5.7Good3 pm117
5.4Fair4 pm127
5.7Good5 pm85
7.1Great6 pm85
7.2Great7 pm63
Sat
5.8Good6 am53
5.4Fair7 am85
5.4Fair8 am64
6.6Good9 am106
6.9Good10 am149
7.6Great11 am159
7.4Great12 pm1610
7.5Great1 pm1610
7.5Great2 pm1811
7.3Great3 pm1912
7.3Great4 pm1811
7.5Great5 pm1610
7.5Great6 pm1610
7.3Great7 pm159
Green, 7 and upYellow, 4 to 7Red, under 4Calmest stretch

Tide, next 24 hours

Tide rising now. High at 1 pm, 0.4 m. Low at 7 pm, -1.0 m. High at 1 am, 0.3 m. Low at 7 am, -0.9 mHigh 1 pm, 0.4 m1 ftLow 7 pm, -1.0 m3 ftHigh 1 am, 0.3 m<1 ftLow 7 am, -0.9 m3 ftNow2 pm8 pm2 am8 am
  • High 1 pm, 0.4 m1 ft
  • Low 7 pm, -1.0 m3 ft
  • High 1 am, 0.3 m<1 ft
  • Low 7 am, -0.9 m3 ft

Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.

The days ahead

Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.

  • Sun6.6 GoodBest 9 am to 12 pmWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 0%
  • Mon8.3 GreatBest 10 am to 1 pmWind up to 28 km/h18 mph, rain 10%
  • Tue7.9 GreatBest 7 am to 11 amWind up to 19 km/h12 mph, rain 0%
  • Wed8.4 GreatBest 9 am to 8 pmWind up to 22 km/h13 mph, rain 5%
  • Thu7.7 GreatBest 6 am to 8 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%

Beach info

Facilities and the beaches next door.

Facilities

We do not have facility details for this beach yet.

Getting there

Nearest town
7.7 km4.8 miKhayelitsha (town)
Nearest airport
17 km11 miCape Town International Airport (CPT)

Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources

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