Cape St Francis Surf Forecast

/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.19° S 24.84° E)

Surf Forecasts:

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

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 Oct 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 18.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cape St Francis today?

The current surf forecast for Cape St Francis at 11PM is: 0.4m 9s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 16). An open ocean swell of 4.5m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	10s
Evening (16 Oct)	1.5ft (0.4m)	9s

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

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	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	ESE	E	E	E	E	ENE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Period(s) (?)	10	9	9	9	9	4	4	6	6	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	30	28	27	15	15	17	59	193	377	587	465	428	284	189	164	106	61	55	52	41	41	29	16	41
Wind (km/h)	SSW	S	E	ENE	NE	NE	E	E	E	ENE	NE	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	W	WSW	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				1:19AM 1.24				1:37PM 1.44				1:54AM 1.35					2:08PM 1.54				2:24AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)		7:23PM 0.43				7:24AM 0.37				7:57PM 0.31				7:56AM 0.28					8:25PM 0.21				8:25AM 0.21

	Thursday 16			Friday 17								Saturday 18								Sunday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	6:34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	15	14	13	14	17	20	19	18	19	18	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	16	17
Feels °C (?)	12	13	11	10	8	7	10	13	11	13	19	12	8	9	10	11	12	12	12	11	12	14	13	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Eastern Cape (S)

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Cape St Francis (light winds from the SSE at SHIP3635 51 km from Cape St Francis). 0.3m 10s swell from the E to make surfable waves.
2 hours 30 minutes ago Cape St Francis

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