Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 07 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
SW
1.3
S
1.2
SW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131213131213131213121212121212171616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12291170903105289081158249056343041636342033834441349870198813081273125511391004
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
NW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ENE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05PM
1.15
6:13AM
1.14
6:48PM
1.05
7:00AM
1.03
8:07PM
0.97
8:36AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
0.50
12:29PM
0.49
12:43AM
0.61
1:25PM
0.59
2:08AM
0.70
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-----7:03-------7:03-------7:03--
Sunset6:32-------6:31-------6:30-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919181921262724222121212123242423242422212222
Feels °C (?)151516161720252523212021212122232323242220192021
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