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Crayfish Factory surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 12 Mar 2025 SAST
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Crayfish Factory surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Crayfish Factory sea temperature is
16.9° C
(Which is 2.7°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Crayfish Factory today?

The current surf forecast for Crayfish Factory at 9AM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 16s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (12 Mar)10ft (3.0m)15s
Evening (12 Mar)8ft (2.5m)14s

Table - waves today at Crayfish Factory. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
3.5
SSE
3.5
SE
4
SE
4
SE
4.5
SE
4.5
SE
4
SE
3.5
SE
3
SE
2.5
SE
3
SE
3
SE
3.5
SE
3
SE
2.2
SE
1.8
SE
1.4
SE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.7
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131316151414131313888899101010109999910111099991212181818161616161515141414131313131313131312121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)19691671400438043056241418761632142911831609186823082956319029362216162712781396171819571331798554445296192141138771671692011973044433103714164474794125908628271037129915141319127911031006882773773799786761689
Wind
(km/h)
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
50
SE
45
SE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
60
SE
65
SE
65
ESE
65
ESE
65
ESE
50
ESE
30
E
30
ESE
25
ESE
30
SE
40
SE
40
ESE
20
E
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
WNW
5
NNW
5
N
10
WNW
15
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SE
45
SE
40
SE
30
SE
25
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:44PM
1.40
2:59AM
1.52
3:12PM
1.45
3:26AM
1.57
3:39PM
1.47
3:51AM
1.59
4:06PM
1.47
4:17AM
1.57
4:32PM
1.44
4:42AM
1.52
4:58PM
1.39
5:07AM
1.45
5:24PM
1.31
5:33AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
0.20
8:52PM
0.15
9:14AM
0.14
9:18PM
0.12
9:40AM
0.10
9:43PM
0.11
10:06AM
0.09
10:08PM
0.12
10:30AM
0.11
10:33PM
0.16
10:55AM
0.16
10:57PM
0.23
11:19AM
0.23
11:21PM
0.31
11:45AM
0.32
Wednesday
12
Thursday
13
Friday
14
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Tuesday
18
Wednesday
19
Sunrise-6:41-------6:43-------6:43-------6:45-------6:46-------6:46-------6:47-------6:48--
Sunset----7:08-------7:07-------7:06-------7:05-------7:04-------7:01-------7:00-------
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)1212131413121212121212111089121516202118171819171718161819191920202019181817151616171615141516181822212119181820202121
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