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Jan Best	Feb Best	Mar Best	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec Best
27° Tan	27° Tan	26° Tan	23° Tan	20°	18°	18°	18°	19°	22° Tan	23° Tan	26° Tan
Sea 20° Swim	Sea 20° Swim	Sea 19° Swim	Sea 17°	Sea 17°	Sea 16°	Sea 15°	Sea 16°	Sea 15°	Sea 16°	Sea 17°	Sea 20° Swim

Beach Weather Today in False Bay

Today the maximum temperature will be 19° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. Today the water temperature will be 16° which is cool for swimming, shorty wetsuit may help you extend your time in the water.

Today will have 0.9mm of very light rain. Expect some sunshine and occasionally cloudy periods with an average cloud cover of 53%.

The winds will be cross-on shore and strong at 33kmh from the West-Southwest. The strong winds will keep the temperatures feeling cooler. The strong onshore winds may make conditions rougher for swimming.

False Bay faces South and sunset will be visible over the beach shoreline to the West at 07:53 PM. The skies should be very clear at that time, ideal for a sunset.

For Beach Weather for the next next 7 days, wind and wave conditions and tide and the next 14 days weather use the tabs below.

Beach Weather This Weekend in False Bay

This weekend the average maximum daily temperatures will be 19° which is not so warm but sunbathing may be possible. The average water temperature will be 16° which is cool for swimming, shorty wetsuit may help you extend your time in the water.

There will be 1 day of very light rain. Saturday will have 0.9mm of rain and Sunday will be dry. Expect lots of sunshine and clear skies with an average cloud cover of 34%.

FALSE BAY - BEACH WEATHER FORECAST

05:29 AM 07:53 PM

01:22 AM

02:06 PM

Sat 13th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

15°	14°	14°	16°	17°	21°	18°	13°
96%	84%	68%	95%	56%	25%	0%	6%
0.3mm	0.2mm	0.3mm	0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°

05:29 AM 07:54 PM

01:46 AM

03:03 PM

Sun 14th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

12°	12°	13°	19°	22°	23°	20°	16°
100%	2%	6%	4%	4%	3%	2%	3%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°

05:29 AM 07:54 PM

02:11 AM

04:01 PM

Mon 15th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

16°	15°	16°	22°	25°	25°	22°	17°
0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°

05:29 AM 07:55 PM

02:39 AM

04:59 PM

Tue 16th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

16°	15°	16°	21°	27°	25°	22°	16°
0%	0%	11%	48%	3%	3%	0%	16%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	16°

05:30 AM 07:56 PM

03:11 AM

05:58 PM

Wed 17th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

15°	16°	16°	16°	17°	16°	16°	13°
38%	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%	93%	78%
0.0mm	0.7mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.1mm	0.2mm	0.1mm	0.1mm
16°	16°	16°	16°	16°	18°	18°	18°

05:30 AM 07:56 PM

03:49 AM

06:56 PM

Thu 18th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

12°	13°	14°	17°	20°	21°	19°	16°
74%	83%	85%	60%	10%	2%	0%	4%
0.1mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°

05:31 AM 07:57 PM

04:32 AM

07:52 PM

Fri 19th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM

14°	14°	15°	20°	25°	28°	25°	19°
11%	7%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm	0.0mm
18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°

05:29 AM 07:53 PM

01:22 AM

02:06 PM

Sat 13th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
33 kmh	29 kmh	23 kmh	17 kmh	17 kmh	15 kmh	17 kmh	17 kmh

1.1m	0.9m	0.6m	0.5m	0.5m	0.4m	0.5m	0.4m

14.7s	11.8s	13.3s	13.2s	13.1s	12.6s	12.5s	12.5s

05:29 AM 07:54 PM

01:46 AM

03:03 PM

Sun 14th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
12 kmh	9 kmh	8 kmh	7 kmh	14 kmh	15 kmh	18 kmh	16 kmh

0.3m	0.2m	0.2m	0.1m	0.3m	0.4m	0.5m	0.4m

12.4s	12.3s	12.0s	11.8s	11.7s	11.5s	11.2s	11.1s

05:29 AM 07:54 PM

02:11 AM

04:01 PM

Mon 15th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
17 kmh	19 kmh	16 kmh	16 kmh	18 kmh	18 kmh	21 kmh	22 kmh

0.4m	0.5m	0.4m	0.4m	0.5m	0.5m	0.6m	0.6m

11.1s	11.1s	11.2s	11.3s	11.5s	11.7s	11.8s	12.1s

05:29 AM 07:55 PM

02:39 AM

04:59 PM

Tue 16th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
18 kmh	16 kmh	9 kmh	8 kmh	23 kmh	26 kmh	26 kmh	25 kmh

0.5m	0.4m	0.2m	0.2m	0.7m	0.8m	0.9m	0.8m

12.3s	12.3s	12.2s	12.0s	12.0s	11.9s	12.0s	11.4s

05:30 AM 07:56 PM

03:11 AM

05:58 PM

Wed 17th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
28 kmh	25 kmh	22 kmh	26 kmh	26 kmh	26 kmh	27 kmh	27 kmh

0.9m	0.8m	0.6m	0.6m	0.6m	1.0m	0.8m	0.7m

7.9s	11.2s	12.4s	13.1s	13.0s	13.6s	10.9s	9.4s

05:30 AM 07:56 PM

03:49 AM

06:56 PM

Thu 18th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
28 kmh	32 kmh	34 kmh	35 kmh	40 kmh	45 kmh	49 kmh	53 kmh

0.8m	0.7m	0.7m	0.9m	1.5m	1.7m	1.8m	1.9m

9.4s	9.4s	9.3s	9.5s	10.4s	11.6s	11.6s	11.5s

05:31 AM 07:57 PM

04:32 AM

07:52 PM

Fri 19th December

12 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM
53 kmh	50 kmh	45 kmh	37 kmh	38 kmh	54 kmh	60 kmh	56 kmh

1.9m	1.9m	1.8m	1.8m	2.0m	2.4m	2.5m	2.4m

11.4s	11.3s	10.9s	10.5s	11.4s	13.1s	12.6s	12.0s

05:29 AM 07:53 PM

01:22 AM

02:06 PM

Sat 13th December

4:13 AM	10:30 AM	5:20 PM	11:18 PM

0.75	1.46	0.66	1.28

05:29 AM 07:54 PM

01:46 AM

03:03 PM

Sun 14th December

5:18 AM	11:29 AM	6:12 PM

0.75	1.47	0.62

05:29 AM 07:54 PM

02:11 AM

04:01 PM

Mon 15th December

12:14 AM	6:12 AM	12:17 PM	6:54 PM

1.33	0.72	1.50	0.57

05:29 AM 07:55 PM

02:39 AM

04:59 PM

Tue 16th December

12:58 AM	6:58 AM	12:59 PM	7:30 PM

1.40	0.67	1.53	0.51

05:30 AM 07:56 PM

03:11 AM

05:58 PM

Wed 17th December

1:36 AM	7:37 AM	1:38 PM	8:04 PM

1.47	0.62	1.58	0.46

05:30 AM 07:56 PM

03:49 AM

06:56 PM

Thu 18th December

2:11 AM	8:14 AM	2:15 PM	8:37 PM

1.53	0.57	1.61	0.41

05:31 AM 07:57 PM

04:32 AM

07:52 PM

Fri 19th December

2:47 AM	8:49 AM	2:50 PM	9:09 PM

1.59	0.53	1.64	0.38

Sat 13th December

18°
0.9mm
11kmh SW
53%

Sun 14th December

23°
0.0mm
17kmh SSW
15%

Mon 15th December

25°
0.0mm
18kmh SSW
0%

Tue 16th December

27°
0.0mm
21kmh WNW
10%

Wed 17th December

17°
1.4mm
18kmh WSW
88%

Thu 18th December

21°
0.1mm
26kmh SE
39%

Fri 19th December

28°
0.0mm
14kmh SE
2%

Sat 20th December

32°
0.0mm
12kmh SE
4%

Sun 21st December

33°
0.0mm
8kmh SSW
3%

Mon 22nd December

26°
0.0mm
24kmh SSE
24%

Tue 23rd December

27°
0.0mm
26kmh SSE
9%

Wed 24th December

32°
0.0mm
18kmh SE
13%

Thu 25th December

30°
0.0mm
11kmh SW
9%

Fri 26th December

27°
0.0mm
13kmh WSW
28%

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Next 14 day Beach Weather in False Bay

In the next 14 days average maximum daily temperatures will be 26° which is very warm and perfect for sunbathing. The average water temperature will be 17° which is cool for swimming, shorty wetsuit may help you extend your time in the water. There will be 3 days of very light rain with an average of 0.8mm rain on those days. Average cloud cover will be 21%.

If you are sailing, windsurfing, fishing, surfing etc. in False Bay don't forget to check the tide and wind and wave conditions

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Taking a Holiday at False Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Taking a holiday at the beautiful False Bay in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa is an experience you won't forget. This picturesque bay boasts a stunning coastline and a variety of beaches to suit every taste. From swimming with penguins to exploring shipwrecks, there's something for everyone to enjoy in this idyllic setting.

Beach Type

False Bay features various beach types depending on the area you visit. The eastern side of the bay is home to powdery white sand beaches, while the western side has more coarse yellow sand mixed with pebbles and rocks.

The rocky areas and reefs along the shoreline provide excellent opportunities for snorkeling and diving, as these environments are teeming with marine life. Fish and other aquatic species are attracted to these spots, making them perfect for underwater exploration.

Beach Activities

Snorkeling and Diving: As mentioned earlier, False Bay's rocky reefs make it an ideal spot for snorkelers and divers looking to observe a wide variety of marine life.
Swimming with Penguins: Boulders Beach in False Bay is famous for its colony of African penguins. Visitors can swim alongside these adorable creatures in the clear waters.
Surfing: Muizenberg Beach is known as one of the best surfing spots in Cape Town, with consistent waves suitable for beginners and experienced surfers alike.
Kayaking: Paddle through False Bay's calm waters while enjoying views of the surrounding mountains and marine life such as seals and dolphins.
Hiking: The surrounding mountains offer excellent hiking trails that provide breathtaking views of False Bay's coastline.

Accommodations

There are several beach resorts and hotels around False Bay that cater to different tastes and budgets. Some popular options include:

The St James Manor
Whale View Manor Guesthouse & Spa
Blueview B&B
The Majestic Apartments

Areas to Stay In

Muizenberg: Known for its vibrant surf culture, Muizenberg is a great area to stay in for those looking to catch some waves or enjoy the laid-back beach vibe.
Kalk Bay: This charming fishing village offers a variety of restaurants, shops, and art galleries. It's an ideal place to stay if you're looking for a relaxed atmosphere and stunning views.
Simon's Town: Home to the South African Navy, Simon's Town boasts beautiful Victorian architecture and the famous Boulders Beach with its penguin colony.