Danger Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.11° S 18.46° E

Issued: 1 am 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Danger Reef sea temperature is

17.4°C

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

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today (31 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (31 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.5m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (31 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (31 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 7AM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Oct)	5ft (1.5m)	11s
Afternoon (31 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Evening (31 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 18°C on Sat morning, min 15°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Saturday 31								Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	625	565	546	536	459	355	511	933	1129	1438	1131	1220	1154	1167	956	910	683	672	546	546	383	241	268	263
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on
High Tide			6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m				7:58AM1.19m					8:35PM1.09m				9:34AM1.18m				10:18PM1.08m
Low Tide	00:19AM0.29m				12:53PM0.42m				1:27AM0.41m					2:24PM0.51m				2:57AM0.48m				4:12PM0.49m


	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	16	17	17	16	16	16
Feels °C	15	16	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	13	13	12	11	11	12	11	12	13	12	10	10	11
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	625	565	546	536	459	355	511	933	1129	1438	1131	1220	1154	1167	956	910	683	672	546	546	383	241	268	263
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 11	SSW 11	—	—	SW 10	SW 10	WSW 11	WSW 12	SE 10	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	ESE 9	ESE 9	W 11	W 11	E 13	SE 12	—	W 18	W 18	W 10	SW 15
kJ	48	47	—	—	49	80	268	50	4	141	72	102	71	8	8	37	37	3	6	—	6	6	17	9
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	ESE 10	SE 10	ESE 10	W 11	SE 9	SW 14	SE 9	SE 9	ESE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	—	E 14	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	ESE 9	W 18	—	—	—	W 16
kJ	37	4	37	2	3	179	21	22	18	18	9	17	17	—	4	16	8	8	8	6	—	—	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	—	SE 5	S 4	SSE 4	SE 3	SE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 4	S 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 6
kJ	18	17	16	29	43	74	53	42	40	25	18	—	9	20	13	5	12	12	11	26	98	232	263	202
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Long Beach Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	De Kelders Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Pringle Bay Overberg	Pringle Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Queens Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	3	3	2	3	1	1	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	3	3	2	3
Distance (km)	12	10	42	96	337	337	12	12	12	12	12	12	337	42	42	36	34	10	23	163	399	399	69	23
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Captains	Captains					Long Beach	Long Beach	Milnerton	Kamer Van	Long Beach	Olifants Bos					Strand (Pipe)	Captains	Captains					Captains
Rating (10 max)	3	3					3	3	4	4	4	4					2	4	3					3
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Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	3	2	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

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