Captains Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.71° S 18.44° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Captains surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 04 Nov 2025 SAST

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Captains surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Captains sea temperature is 12.9° C
(Which is 4.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Captains today?

The current surf forecast for Captains at 11PM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 04). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (04 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	12s
Evening (04 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	12s

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

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	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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)	!	!	!	!	!	3	2	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	!	2	2	3	2	2	2	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	S	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	8	8	7	8	8	11	11	9	11
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1213	1111	1374	1172	1065	640	524	471	382	700	689	563	472	407	362	275	481	337	344	365	172	172	165	115
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	S	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	S	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:04PM 1.70				2:36AM 1.57				2:46PM 1.73				3:18AM 1.59				3:29PM 1.71				4:01AM 1.57
Low Tide / height (m)			8:27PM -0.08				8:37AM 0.05				9:08PM -0.11				9:20AM 0.04				9:50PM -0.08				10:04AM 0.08

	Tuesday 04			Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-
Sunset	7:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	17	16	16	15	16	21	23	20	20	18	17	16	19	23	27	28	23	18	16	15	19	27	31
Feels °C (?)	14	13	14	15	14	14	19	19	15	15	15	15	13	16	20	24	23	19	14	13	13	17	25	28

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