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Sunset Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 11 Apr 2025 SAST
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Sunset Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sunset Beach sea temperature is
15.6° C
 (Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 1AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (12 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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

Hourly12 Days
Cape Town Surf
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Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sat
19
5 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 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
3
3
3
3
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
2
0
0
1
1
2
3
3
3
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
3
1
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.1
SW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)131313131313121212121111111212121212121212111111111111121114141313131313131313131313131817161515151414141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)9048909669188167786075908601402157813691425150115271637152715171411131612941304143915781578157817171628138231222694247725452627156519201848128812691269126912691216366337003237283727342111190317591797153812641117998914813545472
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
15
NNW
15
WNW
10
SW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
S
15
S
15
SE
10
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:53PM
1.65
3:01AM
1.77
3:19PM
1.68
3:26AM
1.78
3:45PM
1.69
3:51AM
1.76
4:12PM
1.67
4:16AM
1.73
4:38PM
1.63
4:42AM
1.67
5:07PM
1.57
5:10AM
1.60
5:38PM
1.50
5:42AM
1.51
6:17PM
1.43
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:51PM
0.46
9:13AM
0.38
9:16PM
0.44
9:37AM
0.37
9:41PM
0.45
10:01AM
0.37
10:06PM
0.47
10:26AM
0.40
10:32PM
0.52
10:53AM
0.45
10:59PM
0.59
11:22AM
0.52
11:31PM
0.67
11:56AM
0.60
12:12AM
0.75
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Tuesday
15
Wednesday
16
Thursday
17
Friday
18
Sat
19
Sunrise-----7:05-------7:05-------7:07-------7:07-------7:07-------7:09-------7:09------
Sunset6:28-------6:27-------6:25-------6:24-------6:22-------6:22-------6:21-------6:20---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201918171717201918171616161618181716161616161818171716151514172019181615151418211918171615151923222119181718222424232120
Feels °C (?)192018171716181818161414141415141313141414141413111313121312151716151312131215181514141413131720191817161617212121222019
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