Derde Steen surf break

Derde Steen surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 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
14.2° C
(Which is 5.3°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 2AM is: 2.0m 9s primary swell from a South direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 2.0m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Jan)5ft (1.6m)8s
Afternoon (10 Jan)3ft (0.9m)14s
Evening (10 Jan)4ft (1.2m)13s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
3
2
3
1
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
0
2
4
4
4
4
2
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
1.7
WSW
2.4
S
2
S
1.3
WSW
1.7
SSE
1.1
WSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)101299128111414131312121212121220181716151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)125283389660945237227535743151754355847947150349443564092114671456136312901507
Wind
(km/h)
35
S
35
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SSW
15
SW
20
S
15
SSE
5
SSE
0
NE
5
N
5
WSW
10
SW
25
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglassoncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:40PM
1.10
8:05AM
1.24
8:37PM
1.01
9:01AM
1.15
9:54PM
0.96
10:14AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.46
2:37PM
0.49
2:27AM
0.56
3:46PM
0.55
3:43AM
0.63
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-----5:46-------5:47-------5:47--
Sunset-8:00-------8:00-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232219171619263030262321192227292823222120212424
Feels °C (?)171615141417232627242120192226272724252422242522
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