Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 15 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
17.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 6AM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Nov)6ft (1.8m)8s
Afternoon (15 Nov)7ft (2.2m)8s
Evening (15 Nov)6ft (1.8m)12s

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

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Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
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
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.9
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
3
SSE
2.5
SSE
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.1
SE
2
SE
2.2
SE
3
SSE
3
SE
2.5
SE
Period(s) (?)6778888121214141313137777777787
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)30137436835841060965496795223132066156512239468386976045314103734608371008696
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
40
SSE
50
SSE
50
SE
45
SE
40
SE
35
ESE
25
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
35
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:13AM
1.13
12:22PM
1.31
12:55AM
1.20
12:59PM
1.36
1:30AM
1.27
1:32PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:11AM
0.44
6:52PM
0.32
6:53AM
0.39
7:26PM
0.25
7:28AM
0.35
7:56PM
0.20
Saturday
15
Sunday
16
Monday
17
Sunrise---5:33-------5:33-------5:33----
Sunset------7:27-------7:28-------7:29-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616161717171616161516191818181615141520222119
Feels °C (?)1010101010109899891199108891015161513
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