Danger Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.11° S 18.46° E

Issued: 7 pm 31 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Danger Reef sea temperature is

17.2°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 (01 Nov):

Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 11s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (01 Nov, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 14s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 12AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Nov)	-	-
Afternoon (01 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	11s
Evening (01 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	14s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Tue afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Mon night, light winds from the SE by Tue morning).
	Sat 31			Sunday 1								Monday 2
	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)	0	0	0	1	1	1	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)	WSW 12	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
Wave Graph
kJ	355	518	919	1360	1438	1290	1220	1154	1167	868	761	511	503	494	442	427	309	263	258
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE
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	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on	on	on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	on
High Tide		7:05PM1.19m				7:58AM1.19m					8:35PM1.09m				9:34AM1.18m				10:18PM1.08m
Low Tide				1:27AM0.41m					2:24PM0.51m				2:57AM0.48m				4:12PM0.49m


	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:45	—	—	—	—	—	—
	7:13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:14	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	17	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	16	16	16
Feels °C	16	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	9	10	9	9	10	10	12
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 14	SW 12	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 11	SW 11
kJ	355	518	919	1360	1438	1290	1220	1154	1167	868	761	511	503	494	442	427	309	263	258
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 10	WSW 12	W 12	WSW 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	W 12	ESE 9	E 14	W 11	W 11	W 11	ESE 12	ESE 12	W 18	W 18	—	S 17
kJ	102	349	76	29	141	102	102	71	17	4	37	37	21	14	14	6	6	—	6
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SE 9	SE 9	SE 10	ESE 10	ESE 9	ESE 9	SE 9	—	—	SE 13	SE 13	ESE 9	—	W 18	—	—	—	W 16
kJ	179	3	3	4	18	17	17	22	—	—	7	7	8	—	6	—	—	—	5
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSW 5	SSW 5	S 5	S 5	SSE 5	—	SE 5	S 3	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SE 6
kJ	43	43	42	27	20	—	6	6	15	22	52	154	205	146	139	117	167	197	189
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Dolphin Point Overberg	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Koeel Bay Overberg	Hawston Overberg	Dolphin Point Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Queens Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	1	4	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	3	2
Distance (km)	273	12	12	12	12	12	12	337	337	69	36	36	36	69	273	337	337	69	23
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town		Long Beach	Long Beach	Milnerton	Milnerton	Long Beach	Long Beach					Bikini Beach (Gordon's Bay)							Kreefte Reef
Rating (10 max)		3	3	4	4	4	3					1							3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Hamburg (Port Alfred) Eastern Cape (S)	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Mbomvu Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Milnerton Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Pringle Bay Overberg	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Magna Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	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)	Magna Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Mtati Eastern Cape (S)	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	2	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	3
Header Global	Ahijedero Mexico	Achadas Da Cruz Portugal	Nunoshima Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Niyodo Rivermouth Japan	Kaiser's (Hachijojima Island) Japan	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Pipeline United States	Chuns and Jocks Reefs United States	Trial Harbour Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Ahijedero Mexico	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Lincoln City Nelscott Reef United States	Bali Village Indonesia
Rating (10 max)	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4

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