Crayfish Factory Surf Forecast

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Crayfish Factory surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 01 Sep 2025 SAST

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

Today's Crayfish Factory sea temperature is 16.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crayfish Factory today?

The current surf forecast for Crayfish Factory at 12AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (02 Sep)	-	-
Afternoon (02 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Evening (02 Sep)	8ft (2.5m)	14s

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

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	Monday 01			Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
	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)	1	3	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2367	2442	2926	2909	2767	2744	2640	2358	2112	1975	1848	1662	1686	2017	2008	1827	1663	1359	1136	936	936	896	911	761
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	ENE	NNW	NW	NW	W	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	S	E	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	S	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	glass	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			10:17PM 0.97					11:52AM 0.96				11:59PM 1.05				12:50PM 1.10				12:54AM 1.18				1:28PM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)	3:28PM 0.72					5:26AM 0.61				6:00PM 0.66				6:37AM 0.50				6:57PM 0.53				7:17AM 0.36

	Monday 01			Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03								Thursday 04
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	18	18	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	16
Feels °C (?)	13	15	16	17	15	13	13	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	13	11	11	11	12	13	13	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Crayfish Factory (calm at Meadowridge wx 18 km from Crayfish Factory). 2.5m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 1.3m 6s windswell from the SSE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 hour 14 minutes ago Crayfish Factory

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