Danger Reef Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.11° S 18.46° E)

Surf Forecasts

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 03 Jul 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 16.4° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 3PM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Jul)	5ft (1.6m)	15s
Afternoon (03 Jul)	7ft (2.1m)	14s
Evening (03 Jul)	7ft (2.1m)	14s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Thursday 03					Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09								Thursday 10
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	2	4	4	4	4	2	1	0	1	4	3	4	5	8	7	6	5	6	4	8	5	5	3	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	3	3	3	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	9	12	12	12	12	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	11	12	13	13	13	13	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	16
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1920	1849	1794	1838	1728	1745	1716	1151	973	919	820	2040	2571	2837	3344	7056	6782	5872	5651	5153	4619	11202	6933	6727	4016	6303	5901	3288	4218	3636	3925	3887	3754	2871	4474	4303	3039	3655	2469	2213	1808	1585	1347	1663	1137	1249	1610	2376	2801	2924	2579	2334	2142	2663	3254	4488	4633	4896	4900	5468
Wind (km/h)	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	W	SW	NW	WNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	W	W	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WNW	NW	NNW	WNW	WNW	NW	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	W
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	9:12AM 1.01				9:35PM 1.16				10:24AM 0.99				10:40PM 1.14					11:36AM 1.02				11:43PM 1.15				12:36PM 1.07				12:40AM 1.19				1:25PM 1.14				1:28AM 1.25					2:07PM 1.22				2:10AM 1.31				2:45PM 1.29				2:49AM 1.37				3:21PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)			3:04PM 0.56				4:19AM 0.52				4:15PM 0.60					5:26AM 0.51				5:30PM 0.60				6:25AM 0.46				6:34PM 0.55				7:15AM 0.40				7:25PM 0.49				7:57AM 0.33					8:09PM 0.42				8:35AM 0.26				8:48PM 0.36				9:10AM 0.20

	Thursday 03					Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09								Thursday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-

Rain (mm)	13	4	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	2	10	11	3	-	-	-	1	-	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	13	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	13	13	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	14	14	13	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	12	11	11	11	12	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	13	15	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	9	9	11	12	11	10	8	6	5	3	6	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	10	8	9	7	7	7	7	8	8	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	12	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	11

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