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The Boiler surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
How big are the waves at The Boiler today?
The current surf forecast for The Boiler at 4AM is: 3ft 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2ft 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). An open ocean swell of 2ft 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (21 Mar) | 3.5ft (1.0m) | 10s |
Afternoon (21 Mar) | 4ft (1.2m) | 10s |
Evening (21 Mar) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 9s |
Table - waves today at The Boiler. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
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Wave Height (ft) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 375 | 297 | 224 | 204 | 250 | 241 | 287 | 251 | 269 | 235 | 205 | 165 | 137 | 137 | 140 | 103 | 90 | 102 | 129 | 165 | 193 | 196 | 414 | 712 | 1967 | 1477 | 1201 | 896 | 828 | 630 | 589 | 524 | 363 | 372 | 383 | 428 | 470 | 408 | 466 | 586 | 630 | 603 | 553 | 536 | 528 | 781 | 905 | 444 | 639 | 1102 | 1072 | 1057 | 768 | 649 | 528 | 444 | 314 | 304 | 255 | 251 |
Wind (mph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | glass | glass | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (ft) | 6:34AM 3.74 | 7:10PM 3.28 | 7:31AM 3.38 | 8:58PM 3.05 | 9:41AM 3.22 | 11:21PM 3.25 | 11:39AM 3.48 | 12:27AM 3.77 | 12:40PM 3.97 | 1:10AM 4.4 | 1:26PM 4.46 | 1:47AM 4.95 | 2:07PM 4.89 | 2:24AM 5.48 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (ft) | 12:17AM 1.67 | 12:54PM 1.71 | 1:01AM 2.03 | 2:10PM 2 | 2:51AM 2.33 | 4:42PM 2 | 5:35AM 2.1 | 6:09PM 1.57 | 6:41AM 1.57 | 6:57PM 1.12 | 7:25AM 0.98 | 7:36PM 0.62 | 8:04AM 0.39 | 8:13PM 0.26 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 21 | Saturday 22 | Sunday 23 | Monday 24 | Tuesday 25 | Wednesday 26 | Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:54 |
Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:53 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:51 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:49 | - | - | - | - | - |
Rain (in) | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Temp. °F | 68 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 66 | 72 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 66 | 66 |
Feels °F (?) | 68 | 70 | 72 | 73 | 70 | 64 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 63 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 55 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 59 | 57 | 59 | 63 | 61 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 66 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 59 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 61 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 68 |
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