Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 03 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
18.2° C
(Which is 1.4°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 6PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 03). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 18s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (03 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (03 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
1
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
4
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121211111110101010101313131212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7766864834415335825384784785801129132512851187993895747666644652756418387323
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
5
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SE
0
NNE
10
NNE
20
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
SE
10
SSE
5
E
10
NNW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglassonglassoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:34PM
1.54
3:50AM
1.67
4:05PM
1.53
4:19AM
1.65
4:35PM
1.49
4:48AM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:33AM
0.04
9:40PM
0.03
10:05AM
0.03
10:09PM
0.04
10:35AM
0.05
10:38PM
0.09
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:35-------6:37
Sunset--7:20-------7:19-------7:17-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181919191818181820212120191918182121212019191818
Feels °C (?)171717181718171820212020202118161920202119201817
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