Current weather conditions and live observations for Captains based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on surf-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Captains right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.

Weather Station	Weather	Wind	Gusts	Temp.	Visibility	Visibility / Cloud
Robben Island 12 km S2 m above sea level 2 hours ago	no report	wind obs. (7 kph from 60 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		15.1 °C	-	- - - -
Cape Town - Portnet 23 km S2 m above sea level 2 hours ago	no report	wind obs. (6 kph from 30 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		13.7 °C	-	- -
Thornton wx 25 km SSE22 m above sea level 2 hours ago	dry	calm (0 km/h at 170°)		13 °C	-	- - - 0
Observatory wx 25 km S19 m above sea level 1 hour ago	dry	light winds from the SW (6 km/h at 222°)		15 °C	-	- - - 0
Molteno Reservior 25 km S97 m above sea level 2 hours ago	no report	- (- km/h at -°)		16.8 °C	-	- - - -
Cape Town International Airport 32 km SSE212 m above sea level 2 hours ago	no report	wind obs. (6 kph from 230 degs) was rejected (- km/h at -°)		14.8 °C	0.0	0.0 - - -
Shoebury Heights wx 33 km S624 m above sea level 58 minutes ago	dry	calm (0 km/h at 36°)		13 °C	-	- - - 0
Meadowridge wx 35 km S55 m above sea level 2 hours ago	-	calm (0 km/h at 0°)		18 °C	-	- - - 0
Malmesbury 37 km NE101 m above sea level 2 hours ago	no report	- (- km/h at -°)		14.0 °C	-	- -
Paarl 49 km E109 m above sea level 2 hours ago	no report	calm (4 km/h at 170°)		13.9 °C	-	- -

* NOTE: not all weather observatories update at the same frequency which is the reason why some locations may show data from stations that are further away than known closer ones. We also include passing Ship data if it is recorded close to Captains and within an acceptable time window.