Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 27 Feb 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
17.6° C
(Which is 2.2°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 3PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 27). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (27 Feb)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (27 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (27 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
2
3
2
3
7
4
5
6
6
7
5
5
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
3
SW
3
SW
5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111111111111111111111112121314141515151514
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)806571521515524477455455438447550981140120692683688955846568722178248149753369495870
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSW
10
W
15
NNW
25
NW
25
NW
35
WNW
25
WNW
30
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
1.22
1:23AM
1.28
1:40PM
1.34
2:07AM
1.43
2:23PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
0.48
7:10PM
0.33
7:37AM
0.33
7:57PM
0.21
8:21AM
0.20
8:35PM
0.11
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Mon
02
Sunrise-6:31-------6:31-------6:33------
Sunset----7:24-------7:23-------7:22---
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
-------------221-111----
Temp. °C181819191918181818181920201919181717161717161617
Feels °C (?)181818171616161717161516151515131111101111101213
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