Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 03 Dec 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 4PM is: 2.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 03). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 11s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Dec)3.5ft (1.0m)12s
Afternoon (03 Dec)8ft (2.4m)6s
Evening (03 Dec)8ft (2.5m)7s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
2.3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SSE
2
SE
1.9
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SSE
1.3
SSE
1.2
SSE
1.3
SSE
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
WSW
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1.3
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.8
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
SSE
Period(s) (?)12677777788999109111010666666
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)268405653766352332312256211217258106938697181122326172200200207188163
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
25
SE
25
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44PM
1.61
2:21AM
1.49
2:32PM
1.64
3:07AM
1.53
3:20PM
1.63
3:54AM
1.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
-0.00
8:23AM
0.14
8:56PM
-0.03
9:12AM
0.10
9:41PM
-0.02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Friday
05
Saturday
06
Sunrise-------5:26-------5:26-------5:26
Sunset--7:44-------7:45-------7:45-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222120211817171923212019181818192020191818181818
Feels °C (?)181513141413141722181816151515161716141313131212
  • Map Icons:
  • Break
  • Live Wave Height (m)
  • Live Wind Speed (km/h)
  • Surf Rating (10 Max)
  • Ocean Swells (m)
  • Wind Speed (km/h)
Map placeholder

Latest Updates

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Danger Reef surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.


Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest
Nearest locationNearest