Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 12 Apr 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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 11PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)--
Afternoon (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
1
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
5
2
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
3
WSW
2.2
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111111101014141313131313131614141410141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3602632281941621591921695075186287327777536888641799151214913313962277433693020
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
0
SSE
10
W
10
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
W
20
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:07-------7:07--
Sunset6:27-------6:25-------6:23-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------11----
Temp. °C201918181717192121191919181820202019181818181818
Feels °C (?)191817181717192121191919201819181818171515151515
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