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Captains surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 28 Mar 2024 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 15.1°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 18.7 °C max: 20.1 °C min: 17.6 °C)
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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 15.1°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 18.7 °C max: 20.1 °C min: 17.6 °C)


How big are the waves at Captains today?

The current surf forecast for Captains at 12AM is: 2.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.7m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)--
Afternoon (29 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (29 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
WSW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.2
SSW
1.5
SW
1.3
WSW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)14141313131313121212121212111111111111111110101010121211111112121212121211111110101091114131313131312121212151414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)833142216431521137412861173100983381973666657345339635028323723723322919218217824339365898913332454429544934404452342813868317226302014150812248893593961107999969940940765730706634520130513741787231736063070
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
0
ESE
20
SW
10
SW
5
NW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNE
25
NW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
5
W
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
15
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
S
20
S
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ENE
10
WNW
10
WSW
10
WSW
0
S
5
NNW
5
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffonononglassglasscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57PM
1.38
5:05AM
1.44
5:26PM
1.31
5:34AM
1.35
6:00PM
1.21
6:10AM
1.25
6:45PM
1.11
7:03AM
1.14
8:03PM
1.02
8:39AM
1.05
10:10PM
1.03
10:45AM
1.08
11:43PM
1.17
12:07PM
1.21
12:40AM
1.35
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:55PM
0.24
11:18AM
0.22
11:22PM
0.32
11:49AM
0.30
11:55PM
0.41
12:29PM
0.40
12:41AM
0.52
1:31PM
0.50
2:02AM
0.62
3:22PM
0.55
4:27AM
0.61
5:18PM
0.48
6:03AM
0.47
6:25PM
0.34
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Fri
05
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:00------
Sunset6:45-------6:44-------6:43-------6:42-------6:39-------6:38-------6:37-------6:36---
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191716161616212423211918171826262624221816162019191818171616171817171717171718202018171615152226252221202021252523202222
Feels °C (?)161213141515192120191717161727242524211715151816161617151515141514161616161715161514141413131923212019181819222321202221

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