Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 20 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
17.3° C
(Which is 2.6°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 3AM is: 1.7m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 20). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 14s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Feb)7ft (2.1m)7s
Afternoon (21 Feb)5ft (1.5m)8s
Evening (21 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)8s

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

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Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSE
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
2.3
SE
2.1
SE
1.3
SSE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
1.8
SE
1.6
SE
2
ESE
1.1
SE
0.9
SSE
0.6
SSW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)7777778878888814141313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)480490372289524479187229242398322581158120138175180269290277260255251247
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
E
10
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
5
SW
0
S
10
WSW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
W
10
WSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:11PM
1.49
5:28AM
1.62
5:48PM
1.41
6:05AM
1.53
6:29PM
1.30
6:48AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:13PM
0.08
11:44AM
0.10
11:47PM
0.16
12:24PM
0.19
12:27AM
0.28
1:11PM
0.32
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:26-------6:26--
Sunset7:34-------7:31-------7:30-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C232423222121232525252421191922232321202019192222
Feels °C (?)212223222222242525262522191821212222222120202222
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