Danger Reef surf break

Danger Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 26 Mar 2026 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.9° C
(Which is 3.3°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 12PM is: 1.5m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 8s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)10s
Afternoon (26 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (26 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
4
3
4
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SW
1
SSW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
2
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)11101010101010109999999889111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)414210432490592543471376307176176149180174186262256372932151814271242954759
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
10
N
5
W
5
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
SSW
5
NNW
10
N
15
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NW
15
W
15
W
15
W
15
W
10
SW
10
SSW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
onglassoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:21AM
1.07
10:41PM
1.06
11:23AM
1.09
12:11AM
1.19
12:38PM
1.19
1:05AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:51AM
0.58
4:06PM
0.54
5:12AM
0.56
5:51PM
0.47
6:35AM
0.43
6:52PM
0.36
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sun
29
Sunrise-6:52-------6:54-------6:54------
Sunset----6:50-------6:47-------6:46---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
----------------1-------
Temp. °C171719202119181818172021201919181918192020191818
Feels °C (?)171719202119181919161918171818171916171818181718
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