Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 21 Mar 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
16.6° C
(Which is 2.7°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 9AM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Mar)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (21 Mar)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)101011121212121212121212111111111112121215151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1096100096111418116166266586475274564414263663663354005005957221721179718741653
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
40
SE
45
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29AM
1.72
4:52PM
1.53
5:05AM
1.64
5:30PM
1.44
5:45AM
1.51
6:14PM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:17PM
0.02
10:46AM
-0.03
10:52PM
0.07
11:23AM
0.05
11:31PM
0.17
12:04PM
0.18
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise---6:48-------6:50-------6:50----
Sunset------6:55-------6:54-------6:53-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191818171819191818171717191919181818181821232320
Feels °C (?)171414131414131213131413151414121312131316171614
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