Danger Reef Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.11° S 18.46° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 21 Oct 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 15.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 9AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Evening (21 Oct)	2.5ft (0.8m)	18s

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

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	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Fri 24
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SE	SSW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	12	12	12	7	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	17	16	16	15	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	543	535	392	421	428	428	708	1611	1592	1321	1105	905	878	724	722	636	549	439	582	920	1374	1881	1804	1561
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	NE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	SSE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)					2:59PM 1.54				3:21AM 1.45				3:27PM 1.52				3:49AM 1.43				3:54PM 1.47
Low Tide / height (m)			8:55AM 0.18				9:17PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.19				9:43PM 0.11				9:49AM 0.22				10:09PM 0.16

	Tuesday 21							Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Fri 24
Sunrise	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	15	19	22	20	18	18	16	17	20	21	21	18	17	17	16	16	17	18	18	17	15	15	15
Feels °C (?)	9	10	15	18	16	14	15	14	15	20	20	19	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	15	14	13	13	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Danger Reef (calm at Meadowridge wx 10 km from Danger Reef). 1.7m 6s windswell from the SE with a 1.3m 13s groundswell from the SSW and a 0.4m 7s swell from the S. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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