Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 26 Feb 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
17.7° C
(Which is 2.2°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 9AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (26 Feb)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Evening (26 Feb)7ft (2.2m)12s

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


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Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.6
SSW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)111312121312121211111111111111111111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)83117361513142216971591153914031045949878638515515524553455455376455642112612871685
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WSW
15
W
15
WSW
20
SW
15
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SW
10
NW
20
WNW
25
WNW
30
WNW
25
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
1.02
11:17AM
1.12
12:22AM
1.13
12:44PM
1.22
1:23AM
1.28
1:40PM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:52AM
0.59
6:03PM
0.46
6:37AM
0.48
7:10PM
0.33
7:37AM
0.33
7:57PM
0.21
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunrise---6:30-------6:31-------6:31----
Sunset------7:27-------7:24-------7:23-
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C191919192020191918181717181919181818181820202019
Feels °C (?)202018161716171616161615161716161617171717151515
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