Clovelly Surf Forecast

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South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Clovelly surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 20 Oct 2025 SAST

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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 15.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Clovelly today?

The current surf forecast for Clovelly at 9PM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 2.0m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	-	-
Afternoon (20 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Evening (20 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

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

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	Monday 20			Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SE	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	7	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	17	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	965	801	600	543	543	535	449	421	428	525	708	1611	1592	1321	1105	905	878	724	561	551	604	439	671	920
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	WSW	SW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	2:32PM 1.54				2:54AM 1.44				2:59PM 1.54				3:21AM 1.45				3:27PM 1.52				3:49AM 1.43
Low Tide / height (m)			8:51PM 0.10				8:55AM 0.18				9:17PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.19				9:43PM 0.11				9:49AM 0.22

	Monday 20			Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-
Sunset	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	20	20	15	14	14	15	19	21	18	18	17	16	16	18	22	21	18	16	16	16	16	17	19	19
Feels °C (?)	13	16	10	9	10	11	16	17	14	14	13	14	15	17	21	19	16	14	15	15	16	18	19	17

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Clovelly (calm at Meadowridge wx 11 km from Clovelly). 1.8m 7s swell from the SE with a 1.6m 13s groundswell from the SW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
32 minutes ago Clovelly

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Actual: 32 min ago

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