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Clovelly surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 05 Dec 2025 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Clovelly surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Clovelly sea temperature is
17.5° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Clovelly today?
The current surf forecast for Clovelly at 12PM is: 0.8m 10s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am December 05). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (05 Dec) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (05 Dec) | 5ft (1.5m) | 10s |
| Evening (05 Dec) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Clovelly. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 74 | 178 | 125 | 377 | 398 | 229 | 200 | 180 | 173 | 155 | 149 | 193 | 207 | 286 | 545 | 760 | 846 | 846 | 846 | 846 | 833 | 748 | 683 | 624 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 3:20PM 1.63 | 3:54AM 1.54 | 4:08PM 1.57 | 4:40AM 1.52 | 4:55PM 1.48 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 9:12AM 0.10 | 9:41PM -0.02 | 10:00AM 0.11 | 10:27PM 0.03 | 10:50AM 0.16 | 11:12PM 0.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | Sunday 07 | Mon 08 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:26 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:45 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:46 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 18 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 |
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