Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 22 Mar 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
16.1° C
(Which is 3.2°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 4AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.5m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 22). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (23 Mar)7ft (2.1m)15s
Evening (23 Mar)7ft (2.1m)14s

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


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Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
1
2
3
2
3
2
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111212161514141414141313131312121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41841842655669872217431980187416531382124011611002875812799668626508500491421463
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
30
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
15
SSE
5
S
10
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononononononcross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:30PM
1.44
5:45AM
1.51
6:14PM
1.32
6:32AM
1.35
7:09PM
1.18
7:35AM
1.18
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.17
12:04PM
0.18
12:15AM
0.31
12:54PM
0.33
1:12AM
0.46
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Sunrise-----6:50-------6:50-------6:52--
Sunset6:54-------6:53-------6:52-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181717212424212020192124262523211819192021
Feels °C (?)141313131212151918151618182124252624191617171920
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