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Cape Vidal surfForecast / KZN North / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 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
26.6° C
 (Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Cape Vidal today?

The current surf forecast for Cape Vidal at 12PM is: 2.4m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)15s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (08 Jan)5ft (1.6m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
5 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)
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
0.9
SSW
1.4
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)14151414131312121212111111118141414131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)26133241247117551229786567447353324307302247198213218613547538420531452361283
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
10
SE
15
ENE
20
NE
30
NE
25
NNE
35
NNE
30
N
25
N
15
N
15
E
25
S
35
SSW
30
SW
35
SW
30
SW
25
S
25
SSW
30
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrossoncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:50AM
1.88
6:55PM
1.72
7:26AM
1.75
7:31PM
1.58
8:05AM
1.61
8:12PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:55PM
0.40
1:06AM
0.31
1:34PM
0.52
1:43AM
0.46
2:16PM
0.65
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:01-------5:01-------5:01------
Sunset----6:51-------6:51-------6:51---
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
Rain (mm)
----------------------12
Temp. °C242424252525252423242525252322222323252525252524
Feels °C (?)242524252425242322262725222118202322232224252625
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