Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 27 Mar 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
15.9° C
(Which is 3.3°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 8AM is: 1.1m 9s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)9s
Afternoon (27 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)9s
Evening (27 Mar)4ft (1.2m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)101099998998810111111111010111010101313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)471376307176176161138202258211516637106712791130884707639690408416380784451
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
5
S
5
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:41PM
1.06
11:23AM
1.09
12:11AM
1.19
12:38PM
1.19
1:05AM
1.33
1:27PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:12AM
0.56
5:51PM
0.47
6:35AM
0.43
6:52PM
0.36
7:25AM
0.30
7:35PM
0.25
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:54----
Sunset------6:47-------6:46-------6:45-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------1--------------
Temp. °C181818172021201919191918192020191818181818191918
Feels °C (?)181919161818171818191816171818181718171717171715
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