Cape St Francis surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 01 Dec 2025 SAST
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Cape St Francis surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape St Francis sea temperature is
19.7° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Cape St Francis today?

The current surf forecast for Cape St Francis at 12PM is: 0.3m 7s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 01). An open ocean swell of 2.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Dec)1ft (0.3m)7s
Afternoon (01 Dec)1ft (0.3m)7s
Evening (01 Dec)1ft (0.3m)8s

Table - waves today at Cape St Francis. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thu
04
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
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 (?)
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.7
S
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
E
0.3
ENE
0.3
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
0.2
E
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.4
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
Period(s) (?)777781588888888888101010910910
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10101010102121010111211555555314273273241363392415
Wind
(km/h)
10
NE
10
ENE
15
ESE
20
SE
15
SE
5
S
15
W
20
W
20
W
25
W
30
WSW
20
SSE
15
SE
15
E
10
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
15
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on
onononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:37PM
1.51
1:13AM
1.34
1:28PM
1.62
2:02AM
1.45
2:16PM
1.70
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
0.38
7:05PM
0.24
7:07AM
0.28
7:54PM
0.12
7:58AM
0.19
8:39PM
0.04
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thu
04
Sunrise-5:01-------5:01-------5:01------
Sunset----7:16-------7:16-------7:17---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------11-------
Temp. °C181920202020201918192019191818171718181818181716
Feels °C (?)181919182022201816161617171617161516151414141412
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