Cape St Martin surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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
14.1° C
(Which is 1.5°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 3AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 14). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (14 Sep)7ft (2.2m)13s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
1.6
WSW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)151514141413131313131312121212151212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)355733773099323428032200187416341413112995183593310251130113215902988389551515085434035532983
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
5
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
10
S
5
SW
10
WNW
20
NW
25
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
W
30
W
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:00AM
1.15
8:36PM
1.17
9:49AM
1.09
10:36PM
1.13
11:39AM
1.16
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:37AM
0.43
2:02PM
0.56
3:14AM
0.55
4:14PM
0.62
5:19AM
0.53
6:05PM
0.53
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Sunrise---6:48-------6:48-------6:46----
Sunset------6:38-------6:38-------6:39-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1-1----
Temp. °C131313131516171413131313141415151516151415141413
Feels °C (?)810111115141310911121111101110910999899
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for West Coast

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cape St Martin (light winds from the SE at Langebaanweg 36 km from Cape St Martin). 2.1m 15s groundswell from the SW with a 1.0m 6s windswell from the S. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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6 km/h
SE
0.0
14.1
Air / Water (°C)
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