Bloubergstrand surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Sep 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
14.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Bloubergstrand today?

The current surf forecast for Bloubergstrand at 3AM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)6ft (1.9m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
1
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
S
1.1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
Period(s) (?)12121111111111111111121212121010101010912111113
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16471379118297672055354370866381460768669963937035636024013712613212794119
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
0
SE
5
E
5
ENE
10
S
15
SW
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SE
5
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
20
NW
20
WNW
10
WNW
5
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:15AM
1.46
1:36PM
1.59
1:56AM
1.56
2:12PM
1.69
2:31AM
1.63
2:43PM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:26AM
0.54
7:55PM
0.48
8:03AM
0.46
8:30PM
0.40
8:35AM
0.40
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunrise---6:41-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset------6:38-------6:39-------6:39-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131212121415161413131212172120201917151417161614
Feels °C (?)111111101112121010101010151918191715121214131514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Bloubergstrand (calm at Thornton wx 12 km from Bloubergstrand). 2.1m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.9m 11s groundswell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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Actual: 18 min ago

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