Surf Forecast Surf Report
Off The Wall surf break

Off The Wall surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 17 Apr 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Off The Wall surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Off The Wall sea temperature is
15.5° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Off The Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Off The Wall at 3AM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 17). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 5.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)10ft (3.0m)15s
Afternoon (17 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (17 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s

Table - waves today at Off The Wall. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SSW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SSW
2.5
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.2
S
1.9
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.1
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.9
SSE
2.2
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.3
SSE
2.1
SSE
0.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)17161515141414141313131313131212121212121211111110714141491099999888888899988888887888131314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)613150463828360127362606227718131449145213261188908799657517480472400309268341147145351225211211147278501121212751080888715509578829909104711141258115112069998907215455904933893895376675904803078801483
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
E
5
E
5
NNE
10
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
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off
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High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
1.60
5:38PM
1.50
5:42AM
1.51
6:17PM
1.43
6:23AM
1.41
7:10PM
1.36
7:26AM
1.31
8:32PM
1.32
9:09AM
1.25
10:15PM
1.36
10:59AM
1.31
11:33PM
1.48
12:10PM
1.43
12:28AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:59PM
0.59
11:22AM
0.52
11:31PM
0.67
11:56AM
0.60
12:12AM
0.75
12:41PM
0.70
1:15AM
0.84
1:52PM
0.78
3:07AM
0.87
3:42PM
0.80
4:56AM
0.78
5:12PM
0.73
6:04AM
0.63
6:13PM
0.61
6:53AM
0.47
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Sunrise---7:09-------7:09-------7:11-------7:11-------7:13-------7:13-------7:13-------7:15
Sunset------6:21-------6:20-------6:19-------6:17-------6:15-------6:15-------6:14-----
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Rain (mm)
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