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Cape St Francis Surf Forecast
/ Eastern Cape (S) (37 surf breaks) /
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Cape St Francis surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 16 Apr 2026 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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
20.4° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 0.4m 8s primary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 16). An open ocean swell of 3.0m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (16 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Afternoon (16 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.4m) | 8s |
| Evening (16 Apr) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 7s |
Table - waves today at Cape St Francis. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sun 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 9 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 25 | 181 | 329 | 202 | 190 | 129 | 102 | 74 | 54 | 39 | 40 | 28 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 24 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | glass | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | glass | cross- on | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:06PM 1.61 | 3:20AM 1.83 | 3:41PM 1.66 | 3:55AM 1.86 | 4:18PM 1.66 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:02AM 0.00 | 9:05PM 0.02 | 9:36AM -0.07 | 9:41PM -0.01 | 10:12AM -0.08 | 10:18PM -0.00 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | Sun 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:54 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:53 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 17 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 |
| Feels °C (?) | 16 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 |
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