Bloubergstrand surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 03 Aug 2025 SAST
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Bloubergstrand surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Bloubergstrand sea temperature is
14.3° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Bloubergstrand today?

The current surf forecast for Bloubergstrand at 9AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 03). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Aug)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (03 Aug)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (03 Aug)5ft (1.5m)15s

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

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Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
Wed
06
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
3
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4
W
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111116151414131313131314141515151515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)51143147852668112951573201534455498524549675338633874639045928399291022510169111671041591737401
Wind
(km/h)
25
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
35
N
35
N
35
N
40
N
40
N
40
N
20
W
20
NW
20
NW
20
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
15
W
20
W
20
WSW
20
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
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High Tide
/ height (m)
10:46AM
1.17
11:04PM
1.28
12:20PM
1.23
12:22AM
1.33
1:17PM
1.33
1:17AM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:26AM
0.79
4:38PM
0.88
5:51AM
0.75
6:10PM
0.84
6:53AM
0.67
7:12PM
0.75
Sunday
03
Monday
04
Tuesday
05
Wed
06
Sunrise-7:37-------7:35-------7:35------
Sunset----6:07-------6:07-------6:08---
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Rain (mm)
----------18212212--1---
Temp. °C181716181613141414141413131313131213141313131211
Feels °C (?)12121213107877779999109998810109
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bloubergstrand (light winds from the NNE at Thornton wx 12 km from Bloubergstrand). 1.1m 11s groundswell from the SW with a 0.3m 17s long period groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 47 min ago

6 km/h
NNE
Clean
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