Cape St Martin surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 18 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 12PM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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0
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
2
WSW
3
SW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121212111113131313999101011111212141414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)262433303279258116421817151818065523905951303343443434759480349834465649666416083536647184003
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
NW
20
N
25
N
20
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
30
NNW
40
NNW
40
NW
50
NW
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
25
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
N
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:57PM
1.65
4:09AM
1.76
4:38PM
1.60
4:52AM
1.66
5:23PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:47AM
-0.08
9:58PM
0.06
10:27AM
-0.03
10:40PM
0.12
11:09AM
0.07
11:26PM
0.22
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tue
21
Sunrise-7:11-------7:11-------7:11------
Sunset----6:22-------6:22-------6:21---
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------1222211---------
Temp. °C171616161616161616161617171515151515151515151515
Feels °C (?)1514121213131413119889667911111111121213
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