Cape St Martin surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 09 Mar 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
16.0° 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 3AM is: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.3m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
3
2
2
0
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121111111111111111111115151413131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)612522443379711346297251251215215171171203176176250340335320341423494319
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ENE
20
NNE
10
NW
20
SW
25
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
10
NE
10
NE
15
NNE
15
NW
20
SW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
20
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37PM
1.17
6:48AM
1.19
7:20PM
1.05
7:40AM
1.06
8:55PM
0.95
9:43AM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:29AM
0.53
1:02PM
0.55
1:07AM
0.65
2:04PM
0.67
2:39AM
0.76
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:43-------6:45--
Sunset7:14-------7:13-------7:10-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C323130293131343534293332292934353329313127262832
Feels °C (?)242324252727303230253029282731322826292925252729
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