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Derde Steen surf break

Derde Steen surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 26 Nov 2025 SAST
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Derde Steen surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Derde Steen sea temperature is
12.7° C
 (Which is 5.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Derde Steen today?

The current surf forecast for Derde Steen at 4AM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (26 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (26 Nov)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (26 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)11s

Table - waves today at Derde Steen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SSW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SSE
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.5
S
2
S
2.1
SSE
1.3
S
1.1
S
0.9
S
0.5
SW
0.6
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)15141313131212111111118999999981081010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1488189114521803974813650553475466406416741753106466166926317711349504747
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
15
SE
15
S
25
S
35
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
10
E
5
NE
5
NNE
20
WNW
25
WNW
25
WNW
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:42AM
1.20
6:50PM
1.11
7:41AM
1.18
8:01PM
1.06
8:51AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:12AM
0.38
12:47PM
0.52
1:03AM
0.44
1:57PM
0.54
2:09AM
0.48
3:20PM
0.51
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Sunrise---5:28-------5:28-------5:28----
Sunset------7:37-------7:37-------7:37-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201818202324222020191821262928242119192223221816
Feels °C (?)181718192121181819181720232523211919192221191517
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