Cape St Martin surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 SAST
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Cape St Martin surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape St Martin sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is 2.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape St Martin today?

The current surf forecast for Cape St Martin at 4PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
4
4
4
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)131312121212131415151616151515141414131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2636240628163202337437055143715687288884886683297557601250994005340828262116169914081103852624
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
W
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
20
SE
10
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
W
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcrossoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:14PM
1.40
6:34AM
1.35
7:17PM
1.28
7:48AM
1.20
8:44PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:56AM
0.21
12:19AM
0.35
12:52PM
0.36
1:30AM
0.48
2:08PM
0.48
3:12AM
0.55
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:15-------7:15
Sunset--6:20-------6:19-------6:16-----
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161616171616141415181919181818181820222120202021
Feels °C (?)1213151311118810151514121314151518181514151517
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