Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 06 Apr 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
19.7° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Danger Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Danger Reef at 2AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 13s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
4
3
2
1
1
2
2
2
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.3
SW
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)141313131313121313121313121313131312121211121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)422036073298286025712045193019191313117010861161890811673649563466416357363433383433
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
0
SW
10
SW
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononononononononononononcross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:32PM
1.26
5:39AM
1.26
6:05PM
1.15
6:13AM
1.14
6:48PM
1.05
7:00AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:30PM
0.39
11:52AM
0.38
12:01AM
0.50
12:29PM
0.49
12:43AM
0.61
1:25PM
0.59
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-----7:01-------7:03-------7:03--
Sunset6:35-------6:32-------6:31-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181717161515172019191918192024262321201919202122
Feels °C (?)141313121213151715151616181923242221201920202021
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