Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 13 Apr 2026 SAST
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Danger Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Danger Reef sea temperature is
19.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 5AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 13). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Apr)2.5ft (0.8m)10s
Afternoon (13 Apr)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (13 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s

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


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Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111010141413131312131316141414121414131716
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2281941621591841695075186287327777416888641799151216442847166531103180297565115823
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
0
ENE
10
W
10
WNW
15
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
WSW
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise---7:07-------7:07-------7:07----
Sunset------6:25-------6:23-------6:22-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------2-------
Temp. °C181817171921211919191818202020191818181818181817
Feels °C (?)181817171921201819191918191818181615151515151514
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