Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 02 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
18.8° 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 11PM is: 1.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Apr)--
Afternoon (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (02 Apr)5.5ft (1.7m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
0
1
1
0
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121313131312121212121212111111111010101012111416
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)799825124710539408126955655034423963833092982972492121483554651374163837687171
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SSE
10
S
0
E
5
SSE
10
WSW
5
SW
5
S
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
WSW
10
WNW
10
NW
15
WNW
15
W
15
W
10
SW
5
SW
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
glasscross-
on
onglasscross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:38PM
1.49
3:47AM
1.60
4:06PM
1.47
4:14AM
1.54
4:34PM
1.42
4:42AM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
0.12
10:03AM
0.06
10:08PM
0.15
10:30AM
0.11
10:35PM
0.21
10:56AM
0.19
Thursday
02
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Sunrise-----6:58-------7:00-------7:01--
Sunset6:39-------6:38-------6:37-------
cloud
cloud
light rain
mod rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--1105221----------------
Temp. °C232220181818181919191918181820202019191818181818
Feels °C (?)242220202019202120202019191819181918191714151514
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