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Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
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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
18.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?
The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 12AM is: 0.9m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm May 03). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 10s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.7m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (04 May) | - | - |
| Afternoon (04 May) | 6ft (1.9m) | 14s |
| Evening (04 May) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 14s |
Table - waves today at Danger Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastHeavy rain (total 23mm), heaviest during Sun night. Very mild (max 19°C on Sun night, min 13°C on Tue morning). Winds increasing (calm on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the SE by Wed morning). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 3 | Monday 4 | Tuesday 5 | Wed 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | SSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSE 11 | SSE 11 | |
1614 | 1570 | 342 | 318 | 229 | 1211 | 1236 | 1236 | 1198 | 954 | 923 | 1018 | 1018 | 983 | 902 | 1939 | 1637 | 1911 | 2092 | 1835 | 1636 | 1367 | 1980 | 1661 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | on | on | on | on | cross-on | on | on | on | |
High Tide | 4:12PM1.38m | 4:18AM1.40m | 4:43PM1.33m | 4:49AM1.33m | 5:17PM1.26m | 5:23AM1.24m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:13PM0.28m | 10:33AM0.22m | 10:44PM0.34m | 11:04AM0.28m | 11:17PM0.41m | 11:38AM0.36m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | — | |
6:02 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:00 | |
— | — | — | — | 11 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Temp °C | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 10 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | W 10 | W 10 | SSW 13 | WSW 13 | SSW 12 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SW 14 |
1614 | 1570 | 644 | 682 | 229 | 1211 | 202 | 1236 | 1198 | 954 | 923 | 1018 | 1018 | 983 | 902 | 1939 | 1637 | 1911 | 2092 | 1835 | 1636 | 1367 | 1326 | 248 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 10 | S 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | S 13 | SSW 13 | S 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 18 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 |
49 | 104 | 342 | 318 | 219 | 215 | 190 | 150 | 150 | 145 | 135 | 95 | 130 | 97 | 386 | 50 | 559 | 512 | 446 | 306 | 256 | 207 | 160 | 103 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | S 10 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SW 13 | S 13 | SE 13 | SW 13 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 12 | SW 20 | SW 19 | SW 18 | S 11 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | — |
41 | 49 | 145 | 137 | 87 | 4 | 7 | 136 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 51 | 2 | 49 | 94 | 163 | 161 | 224 | 212 | 255 | — | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | NW 4 | NW 4 | NNW 3 | NNW 3 | W 13 | WNW 4 | WSW 13 | W 3 | W 4 | — | — | NNW 3 | N 3 | N 3 | NNE 3 | NE 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | SSE 11 | SSE 11 |
13 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1538 | 17 | 1236 | 6 | 10 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1980 | 1661 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 19 | 19 | 82 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 26 | 660 | 163 |
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