Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 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
19.9° C
(Which is 1.4°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 1PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)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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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
1
0
0
1
2
3
4
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
S
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
S
1.3
SW
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131312131312131312131312131212121112121216161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)257120451981191912291170113410528908115824905634304163633693834404334987019751308
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
NW
10
SW
10
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
NE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononglassglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
1.26
6:05PM
1.15
6:13AM
1.14
6:48PM
1.05
7:00AM
1.03
8:07PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
0.38
12:01AM
0.50
12:29PM
0.49
12:43AM
0.61
1:25PM
0.59
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-7:01-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset----6:32-------6:31-------6:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C151517201919191819212526232020191919212322232425
Feels °C (?)121315171516161618202424221920191919202221222423
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