Cape St Martin surfForecast / West Coast / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 Feb 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.0°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 5AM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 28). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Afternoon (28 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (28 Feb)8ft (2.4m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
3
2
1
0
2
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111121111111212141414151514141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60360349543043852174812801756259643295735744681788958920788897837667657134927409235983088
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
15
S
10
S
5
ESE
10
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
25
W
20
SW
25
SSW
25
SW
25
SW
30
SW
30
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
5
SSE
15
SW
30
SSW
30
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:21AM
1.35
1:39PM
1.41
2:06AM
1.51
2:22PM
1.51
2:44AM
1.63
3:00PM
1.58
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:37AM
0.34
7:56PM
0.22
8:21AM
0.20
8:34PM
0.12
8:59AM
0.10
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Sunrise---6:35-------6:35-------6:37----
Sunset------7:24-------7:23-------7:22-
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------121-------------
Temp. °C171616171819191919181817171717171616151517181816
Feels °C (?)131415181716161716151312121111121212111215141210
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