Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 28 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 2.1°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 4PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 28). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 16s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Feb)5ft (1.5m)11s
Afternoon (28 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)11s
Evening (28 Feb)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
3
2
2
3
4
6
6
7
7
6
5
5
4
5
4
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SSW
2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111112131414151515151414141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5609321605205525924217582870217506824184678149694960405056431936252904259821311944150712481027
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
30
NW
35
WNW
30
WNW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
WSW
25
SW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:40PM
1.34
2:07AM
1.43
2:23PM
1.44
2:45AM
1.55
3:00PM
1.51
3:18AM
1.63
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57PM
0.21
8:21AM
0.20
8:35PM
0.11
8:59AM
0.10
9:09PM
0.05
Saturday
28
Sunday
01
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Sunrise-------6:33-------6:33-------6:35
Sunset--7:23-------7:22-------7:22-----
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
clear
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1231-1111-------------
Temp. °C192020191817161616171616161616161718171717161616
Feels °C (?)151515151411101010111010121213141514131313131414
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