Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 16 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
18.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 7AM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s

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


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Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
6
5
4
4
5
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
4
4
3
4
4
4
5
4
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
WSW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)161615141414141313131312121211111112141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)60805464442736443261274723561776151412991331120912551375110310191256132427472648234417501127996
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
S
10
SW
10
SW
10
WSW
10
NW
15
N
20
N
30
N
30
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
15
NW
10
NW
5
NW
5
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscrosscrosscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offoffglassoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise---7:09-------7:09-------7:09----
Sunset------6:22-------6:21-------6:19-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
mod rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------1118121122---
Temp. °C171716161718181717161515171413141515151516171716
Feels °C (?)151514141616151515131191112991214141413131211
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