Cape Vidal Surf Forecast

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Cape Vidal surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 15 Aug 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 22.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Cape Vidal today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Vidal at 8PM is: 1.0m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (15 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (15 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	16s
Evening (15 Aug)	3.5ft (1.0m)	16s

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

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KwaZulu-Natal North Coast Surf

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	Friday 15			Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	E	E	E	E	E	E	ENE	ESE	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	743	777	800	881	805	640	518	550	496	462	456	378	445	469	947	585	705	921	809	922	831	867	972	885
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNE	NE	NE	NE	NE	N	NNE	N	NNE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	N	NNE	N	NNE	NE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:36PM 1.75				7:49AM 1.55					8:28PM 1.54				8:54AM 1.36				10:04PM 1.35					11:24AM 1.26
Low Tide / height (m)				1:49AM 0.50					2:04PM 0.51				2:47AM 0.69				3:17PM 0.72				4:40AM 0.82

	Friday 15			Saturday 16								Sunday 17								Monday 18
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-
Sunset	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	21	21	20	20	19	19	21	21	20	21	20	20	19	19	19	21	21	21	21	19	19	20	21	21
Feels °C (?)	18	20	17	18	18	18	18	18	16	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	17	17	18	17	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for KZN North

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cape Vidal (calm at Babanango 148 km from Cape Vidal). 1.1m 5s windswell from the ENE with a 0.9m 8s swell from the E and a 0.8m 13s groundswell from the SSW as well as a 0.6m 15s groundswell, also from the SSW. 4 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 3 minutes ago Cape Vidal

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