Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 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
15.8° 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 10PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)--
Afternoon (16 Sep)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
4
5
3
2
2
2
3
3
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121111121212121212121212111111111111111212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3169151819432155256626082403216019781765148012801092854757731731798764718718647559504
Wind
(km/h)
20
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
5
SSW
5
SW
5
SSW
10
S
10
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.14
12:48PM
1.23
1:08AM
1.25
1:32PM
1.36
1:48AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
0.52
6:34AM
0.41
7:06PM
0.39
7:21AM
0.30
7:48PM
0.27
7:58AM
0.21
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-----6:43-------6:41-------6:39--
Sunset6:37-------6:37-------6:38-------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C141413131313141413131313131314141414131212121518
Feels °C (?)9109101011111191011111111121110988891215
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Danger Reef (calm at Meadowridge wx 10 km from Danger Reef). A 3.1m groundswell from the SW

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