Cemetery Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.08° S 18.56° E)

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Cemetery surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 17 Aug 2025 SAST

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

Today's Cemetery sea temperature is 14.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Cemetery today?

The current surf forecast for Cemetery at 8AM is: 0.7m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 17). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Aug)	2ft (0.6m)	12s
Afternoon (17 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	15s
Evening (17 Aug)	1.5ft (0.5m)	14s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed 20
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	0	4	4	3	4	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SW	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	15	15	14	14	14	18	18	17	16	16	16	18	16	16	15	12	14	14	14	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	270	212	327	266	254	169	151	252	312	413	403	585	639	719	992	1878	2068	2613	29	2024	1708	1361	1190	1084
Wind (km/h)	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	WSW	SE	SSE	WNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	W	SW	SE	SE	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	off	glass	cross- on	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)			9:44AM 1.04				10:21PM 1.15					11:34AM 1.07				12:00AM 1.18				12:52PM 1.18				1:09AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)	3:23AM 0.46				3:48PM 0.57					5:12AM 0.47				5:46PM 0.54				6:37AM 0.39				7:04PM 0.43

	Sunday 17							Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wed 20
Sunrise	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	15	17	18	17	16	15	15	14	16	18	17	15	15	14	14	14	16	18	17	15	15	14
Feels °C (?)	10	11	13	15	17	17	15	14	15	13	14	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	15	17	16	14	15	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Cemetery (calm at Meadowridge wx 12 km from Cemetery). 1.0m 10s swell from the SSE with a 0.7m 12s groundswell from the SW and a 0.5m 16s long period groundswell, also from the SW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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