Cape St Martin surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 19 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
15.4° C
(Which is 2.0°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 7AM is: 1.7m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)13ft (4.0m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)16ft (5.0m)11s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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!
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4
!
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
WSW
1.7
WSW
2.5
W
3.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)1313139810101111121213141414141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1634151814524608982523385453365738584157995759714067516068524645413905333428702522234026043042
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
50
WNW
45
W
45
W
40
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
15
N
10
NW
15
SW
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:09AM
1.76
4:38PM
1.60
4:52AM
1.66
5:23PM
1.51
5:39AM
1.52
6:14PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:58PM
0.06
10:27AM
-0.03
10:40PM
0.12
11:09AM
0.07
11:26PM
0.22
11:56AM
0.21
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---7:11-------7:11-------7:13----
Sunset------6:22-------6:21-------6:20-
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1212111---------------
Temp. °C161616161717171515151515161515151515151515151716
Feels °C (?)131311101088568911121112121313131312131411
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