Cape St Martin surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 16 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
15.7° C
(Which is 1.8°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 1AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Apr)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (17 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (17 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
3
0
0
0
2
!
!
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!
!
!
0
0
!
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2
WSW
1.5
SSW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)14131313131212121212121213121211111313131391012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3508272222411972181917951742202722332077227227703280292528242326183816771518163415276274752451
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSW
15
SSW
5
WSW
15
N
25
NNW
35
N
40
NNW
30
SSW
10
WSW
15
WSW
10
NW
15
NW
10
NW
15
N
25
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassononononcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:40PM
1.61
2:50AM
1.78
3:18PM
1.66
3:29AM
1.80
3:57PM
1.65
4:09AM
1.76
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:41PM
0.09
9:09AM
-0.07
9:19PM
0.05
9:47AM
-0.08
9:58PM
0.06
10:27AM
-0.03
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Sunrise-----7:09-------7:11-------7:11--
Sunset6:24-------6:23-------6:22-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
Rain (mm)
------21721----11----1211
Temp. °C171616171616151415161617171615161616161616161617
Feels °C (?)121315141110891313141415121011141413121110910
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