Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 24 Feb 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
16.3° C
(Which is 3.6°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 5AM is: 1.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 24). An open ocean swell of 0.5m 8s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 0.2m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Afternoon (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

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


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Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
1
0
0
2
3
4
3
3
4
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)121414141313131312121212121111111112121213121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)19546945641840038832631121220516914210879754155951474131312291594150014271302
Wind
(km/h)
5
NW
10
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
20
NW
20
NW
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
20
S
20
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffglassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:45AM
1.26
8:35PM
1.05
9:15AM
1.13
10:37PM
1.02
11:17AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
0.42
2:17PM
0.45
2:35AM
0.55
4:07PM
0.52
4:52AM
0.59
6:03PM
0.46
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise---6:28-------6:28-------6:30----
Sunset------7:29-------7:28-------7:27-
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------11----
Temp. °C212019202223232120191919212222201918181819191918
Feels °C (?)232119202121212019191918202021202119181717161614
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