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Platboom surf break

Platboom surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 19 Apr 2025 SAST
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Platboom surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Platboom sea temperature is
15.1° C
 (Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Platboom today?

The current surf forecast for Platboom at 1PM is: 0.9m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.3m 3s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (19 Apr)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (19 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)11s

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

Hourly12 Days
Cape Town Surf
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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
1.5
S
0.7
SW
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.9
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121211111011614777999121212121211111111111010101011101115141413131312121212121111111013131313131313141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)36127326821317916014216721121827432891210519121041442592282592021941941401151271008010011216020029644365958656947636534728521132465310681054649491113412831585167318161901210619101587151915331682
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
45
SE
50
SE
50
SE
55
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
55
SE
60
SE
60
SE
50
SE
50
ESE
45
ESE
45
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
50
ESE
55
ESE
50
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
40
SE
45
SSE
45
SE
45
SSE
40
SE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononononcross-
on		onononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:06PM
1.06
7:21AM
1.06
8:39PM
1.02
9:09AM
1.01
10:25PM
1.09
10:53AM
1.08
11:35PM
1.23
12:02PM
1.20
12:25AM
1.39
12:53PM
1.33
1:09AM
1.55
1:38PM
1.46
1:51AM
1.67
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:40PM
0.47
1:03AM
0.60
1:53PM
0.54
2:50AM
0.65
3:41PM
0.55
4:49AM
0.57
5:10PM
0.47
5:59AM
0.42
6:09PM
0.35
6:49AM
0.24
6:56PM
0.23
7:33AM
0.08
7:40PM
0.13
8:14AM
-0.04
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Tuesday
22
Wednesday
23
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Sunrise-7:11-------7:11-------7:13-------7:13-------7:13-------7:15-------7:16-------7:16--
Sunset----6:17-------6:16-------6:15-------6:15-------6:13-------6:12-------6:10-------
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)1717181718181514131314111097667677546667765656798889999121010111111111112121211121213131415
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