Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 12 Apr 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
19.3° C
(Which is 1.0°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 7AM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
WSW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212111111111111101414141313131312131614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)71258057056150548836026322822416215915616944051862866364368867777216991387
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
5
W
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---7:05-------7:07-------7:07----
Sunset------6:27-------6:25-------6:23-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181920191818181717192121191919181820202019
Feels °C (?)181718181819171717171617192121191920191819181817
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