Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 19 Jul 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
16.0° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 4AM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (19 Jul)8ft (2.4m)14s
Evening (19 Jul)7ft (2.1m)13s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141414131313131313131317161615141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)507044363705306125652267183116841457132512491249132515414088313728322326199921712002216416661355
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
S
10
SSW
15
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
W
5
NNW
5
N
20
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononglasscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
offglassonononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11PM
1.31
10:04AM
1.09
10:29PM
1.27
11:31AM
1.12
11:50PM
1.29
12:45PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:50AM
0.39
3:59PM
0.49
5:14AM
0.38
5:31PM
0.48
6:30AM
0.32
6:50PM
0.41
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise---7:48-------7:47-------7:47----
Sunset------5:57-------5:57-------5:58-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121111111315141414141414151514131313131313141313
Feels °C (?)89991113111111111112131211111112121210967
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Danger Reef (calm at Meadowridge wx 10 km from Danger Reef). A 3.6m groundswell from the SW

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