Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 04 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
18.7° C
(Which is 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: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 10s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (05 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (05 Apr)13ft (4.0m)16s
Evening (05 Apr)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
1
2
3
6
7
6
0
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)101010111113141616161615151414141413131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)180148425102816672886472074758020760268955656494949555375483943763642331426722810250821862053
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
10
W
5
WSW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:34PM
1.42
4:42AM
1.47
5:02PM
1.35
5:10AM
1.37
5:32PM
1.26
5:39AM
1.26
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:35PM
0.21
10:56AM
0.19
11:02PM
0.29
11:23AM
0.28
11:30PM
0.39
11:52AM
0.38
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Sunrise-----7:01-------7:01-------7:01--
Sunset6:37-------6:36-------6:35-------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201919181818181918181817171818181818171615151720
Feels °C (?)181819151415151514131313131514131213121110111416
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