Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 Mar 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
15.7° C
(Which is 3.4°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 9AM is: 2.2m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 28). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)7ft (2.1m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
2
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.6
WSW
2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SSW
1.1
S
1.2
S
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
1.3
SSE
Period(s) (?)9891111111111111010101010131312121010101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3044863869151756162713261219868774677588475408784511324209183225267154110295
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
WNW
15
WNW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
WSW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
S
15
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononcross-
on
oncross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.19
12:38PM
1.19
1:05AM
1.33
1:27PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.45
2:05PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
0.43
6:52PM
0.36
7:25AM
0.30
7:35PM
0.25
8:04AM
0.18
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise---6:54-------6:54-------6:56----
Sunset------6:46-------6:45-------6:44-
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C191918181920201918181818191919181817171618191918
Feels °C (?)191816171718181817181717181716151515161517171615
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