Cape St Martin surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 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 2PM is: 3.5m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.3m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6ft (1.8m)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)


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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4
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.7
WSW
2.1
SW
3.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)1399101011111212131414141414131313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1204450628234537865436543154095584560671406751628854444718400333342995252223402454283031623432
Wind
(km/h)
35
NNW
35
NNW
40
NW
45
WNW
50
W
45
WSW
40
W
35
W
25
WSW
15
WSW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
5
NW
10
SW
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:38PM
1.60
4:52AM
1.66
5:23PM
1.51
5:39AM
1.52
6:14PM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
-0.03
10:40PM
0.12
11:09AM
0.07
11:26PM
0.22
11:56AM
0.21
12:19AM
0.35
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-7:11-------7:11-------7:13------
Sunset----6:22-------6:21-------6:20---
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
12121111----------------
Temp. °C161617171615151515151615151515151515151517161616
Feels °C (?)10109965789111311121313131313121314111211
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