Danger Reef Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.11° S 18.46° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 12 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 16.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 5AM is: 1.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (12 Nov)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s
Afternoon (12 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	13s
Evening (12 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	12s

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

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		Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	SSE	WSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	6	6	10	10	10
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1488	1321	1249	1042	946	828	700	540	761	1007	1347	2008	1494	1094	851	604	553	379	341	225	162	143	151	145
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	8:13PM 1.07				9:08AM 1.17				9:52PM 1.03				10:33AM 1.19					11:16PM 1.06				11:36AM 1.25
Low Tide / height (m)			2:32AM 0.49				3:50PM 0.53				4:03AM 0.52					5:14PM 0.47				5:17AM 0.49				6:11PM 0.39

		Wednesday 12								Thursday 13								Friday 14
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	18	17	18	19	20	19	18	17	17	16	16	18	18	18	19	18	17	16	16	18	18	19	18
Feels °C (?)	16	17	16	18	17	18	18	18	16	15	13	11	13	12	12	13	14	14	12	11	13	13	14	13

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