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Cape Vidal surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 02 May 2025 SAST
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Cape Vidal surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Cape Vidal sea temperature is
25.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cape Vidal today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Vidal at 9PM is: 2.5m 8s primary swell from a South direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 May)--
Afternoon (02 May)7.5ft (2.3m)7s
Evening (02 May)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

Hourly12 Days
KwaZulu-Natal North Coast Surf
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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
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!
!
!
!
!
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3
4
4
2
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
3
4
4
2
1
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
S
3
S
3
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
1
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.7
SE
0.9
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SE
1.1
SE
1
SE
1
SE
0.9
SE
0.9
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.8
SE
0.7
SE
0.7
E
1
ENE
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
S
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)78888101212121212121212121212121111111199131313121212111111111111111111111010151414141615141414151515161616161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)662747811832822234535663566304230942898229717901455119495576567554423417717717314317229949748846445638028824223720217614214014011210017519323922626956180589964064098810591223184119862133201116411421
Wind
(km/h)
40
S
35
S
35
S
25
SSW
35
SW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
35
SSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SE
10
E
20
ENE
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
25
N
25
N
25
NNE
30
NNE
30
NNE
30
N
30
N
30
N
30
N
25
N
20
NNE
30
NNE
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
25
N
20
NNE
20
NE
5
W
10
SW
10
WSW
10
WNW
10
WNW
5
N
10
NE
10
ENE
10
SE
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
5
SW
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		offoffoffcrosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42PM
1.65
6:59AM
1.52
7:40PM
1.46
8:02AM
1.33
9:25PM
1.33
10:14AM
1.23
11:38PM
1.37
12:10PM
1.31
12:48AM
1.51
1:08PM
1.44
1:30AM
1.64
1:46PM
1.57
2:03AM
1.76
2:17PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:53AM
0.53
1:16PM
0.57
1:54AM
0.74
2:29PM
0.73
3:48AM
0.87
4:35PM
0.79
6:03AM
0.82
6:15PM
0.70
7:05AM
0.68
7:08PM
0.58
7:43AM
0.54
7:45PM
0.46
8:13AM
0.41
8:17PM
0.36
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:16-------6:18-------6:18-------6:18-------6:18-------6:20------
Sunset5:15-------5:15-------5:15-------5:14-------5:13-------5:13-------5:12-------5:10---
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Rain (mm)
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