Danger Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.11° S 18.46° E

Issued: 1 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Danger Reef sea temperature is

16.7°C

Danger Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 6.5ft (2.0m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 8PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s
Evening (29 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thu 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	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 Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 14	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	1704	1472	1521	1144	851	646	570	570	514	785	752	694	636	625	565	546	475	459	355	553	933
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				5:08PM1.48m				5:41AM1.37m				5:59PM1.34m				6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m
Low Tide	10:56AM0.19m					11:26PM0.16m				11:48AM0.30m				00:19AM0.29m				12:53PM0.42m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:46	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	19	17	17	16
Feels °C	18	16	16	14	14	13	14	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	17	14	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 14	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	1704	1472	1521	1144	851	646	570	570	514	785	752	694	636	625	565	546	475	459	355	553	933
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	—	SE 12	SW 16	SSW 16	SW 16	W 12	SW 15	SW 15	SW 12	SW 11	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SW 10	SW 10	WSW 11	WSW 12
kJ	10	—	5	67	26	62	3	79	178	149	133	60	85	48	47	39	23	49	80	209	50
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SE 11	—	W 12	—	W 12	—	ESE 9	ESE 9	SSW 5	—	—	ESE 10	ESE 10	W 11	SE 9	SW 14	SE 9	SE 9
kJ	—	—	—	5	—	3	—	3	—	34	35	2	—	—	37	37	2	3	153	3	22
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 4	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	34	47	18	39	61	95	83	83	74	66	54	71	61	59	52	48	43	57	88	127	125
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	De Kelders Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Queens Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	Stompneus West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Struisbaai Overberg	Jongensfontein Overberg
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3	4	2	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	2
Distance (km)	12	12	12	96	36	26	23	26	163	337	337	69	26	26	23	12	337	337	337	165	266
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Sollys	Kamer Van	Long Beach			Captains	Captains	Captains					Captains	Captains	Captains	Captains
Rating (10 max)	4	4	3			3	3	3					3	3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	J-Bay Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3
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Rating (10 max)	6	5	6	9	9	5	4	5	5	5	5	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5

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