Danger Reef Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.11° S 18.46° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 16 Nov 2025 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 16.4° C
(Which is 1.2°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 5PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 3.0m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 16). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 15s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	13s
Afternoon (16 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s
Evening (16 Nov)	8ft (2.5m)	7s

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

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	Sunday 16					Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SSE	SW	SE	SW	SW	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	7	12	7	12	12	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1223	1021	838	635	567	442	389	373	450	737	860	653	415	391	239	271	306	512	472	466	361	340	330	325
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:59PM 1.36				1:30AM 1.27				1:32PM 1.41					2:01AM 1.32				2:03PM 1.43				2:31AM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)				7:26PM 0.25				7:28AM 0.35				7:56PM 0.20					8:01AM 0.31				8:25PM 0.17

	Sunday 16					Monday 17								Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	18	17	18	16	15	14	15	20	21	19	19	17	16	16	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17
Feels °C (?)	12	9	8	10	9	9	9	11	15	15	12	13	12	10	12	11	13	12	11	12	11	11	11	12

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