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Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 23 Nov 2025 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
14.3° C
 (Which is 3.7°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 10AM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (23 Nov)3ft (0.9m)16s
Evening (23 Nov)3.5ft (1.1m)16s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)121112111616161515151414151414131313121216151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3384634333714985741082102897511081171150013081077943767673600599635904248324081598
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
10
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononcross-
on		onononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
1.32
5:12AM
1.28
5:16PM
1.25
5:52AM
1.23
5:56PM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
0.35
10:56PM
0.27
11:12AM
0.41
11:31PM
0.32
11:54AM
0.47
12:12AM
0.38
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wed
26
Sunrise-5:30-------5:28-------5:28------
Sunset----7:35-------7:36-------7:36---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919201918181717171919181717171618232724201918
Feels °C (?)131313141413131415141514121212141316202522181715
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