Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 08 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 9AM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4ft (1.2m)12s

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


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Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.2
SW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131312131313131212121212121716161515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)903116189081158264956343036336337633834441349870198813081273125511391004933839
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
0
NW
5
SW
5
SSE
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
5
NNE
15
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
W
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononglasscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
glassonononcross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:13AM
1.14
6:48PM
1.05
7:00AM
1.03
8:07PM
0.97
8:36AM
0.95
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:01AM
0.50
12:29PM
0.49
12:43AM
0.61
1:25PM
0.59
2:08AM
0.70
3:22PM
0.63
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---7:03-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset------6:31-------6:30-------6:29-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201920212627252322222121232424232524222122222119
Feels °C (?)181718192425242221222021232324222522201920212119
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