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Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
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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
18.5° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?
The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 7PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (23 Apr) | 8ft (2.5m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (23 Apr) | 7.5ft (2.3m) | 13s |
| Evening (23 Apr) | 6.5ft (2.0m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Danger Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Short Range ForecastLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Warm (max 23°C on Fri afternoon, min 15°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 23 | Friday 24 | Saturday 25 | Sun 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |
Swell Height Map | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 16 | |
2234 | 1831 | 1430 | 1379 | 852 | 566 | 469 | 472 | 389 | 302 | 242 | 238 | 194 | 217 | 190 | 119 | 142 | 134 | 132 | 124 | 102 | 100 | 96 | 38 | |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
glassy | on | cross-on | on | on | on | on | glassy | glassy | cross | glassy | cross-on | on | glassy | off | cross-off | off | off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | |
High Tide | 8:40PM1.14m | 9:22AM1.06m | 10:21PM1.16m | 11:03AM1.08m | 11:37PM1.25m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:07PM0.46m | 3:10AM0.54m | 3:47PM0.50m | 4:58AM0.50m | 5:15PM0.47m | 6:10AM0.40m | ||||||||||||||||||
— | — | — | — | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:16 | — | |
— | — | 6:14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | — | — | 6:09 | |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
Temp °C | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | S 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | S 12 | S 12 | S 11 | S 11 | S 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 5 | N 4 |
2234 | 1831 | 1430 | 1379 | 852 | 566 | 469 | 472 | 389 | 302 | 242 | 238 | 194 | 217 | 190 | 119 | 142 | 134 | 132 | 124 | 102 | 100 | 28 | 6 | |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 7 | W 15 | — | W 15 | — | — | W 9 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SSE 8 | W 5 | SW 10 | SW 16 |
88 | — | — | — | — | — | 62 | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 96 | 38 | |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | S 11 | SSE 11 | S 11 | S 10 | SSW 11 | SE 11 | E 11 | SE 11 | W 13 | SE 11 | S 18 | SE 6 | S 17 | SW 16 | SW 16 | S 16 |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 61 | 23 | 58 | 50 | 65 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 41 | 41 | 20 | |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 6 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | SE 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | NW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 4 | NNW 4 | WSW 6 |
220 | 164 | 149 | 223 | 109 | 79 | 188 | 160 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 20 | 170 | |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
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