Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Derde Steen today (29 Sep):
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 8s period with S swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 8s period with S swell.
The current surf forecast for Derde Steen at 12AM is: 1.7m 8s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.4m 8s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (29 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (29 Sep) | 5ft (1.6m) | 8s |
| Evening (29 Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) | 8s |
Table - waves today at Derde Steen. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Warm (max 31°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed afternoon, fresh winds from the NNW by Thu morning). | |||||||||||||||||||
Mon 28 | Tuesday 29 | Wednesday 30 | |||||||||||||||||
5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 14 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
Wave Graph  | |||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 363 | 412 | 339 | 243 | 215 | 171 | 166 | 218 | 309 | 326 | 321 | 321 | 241 | 379 | 384 | 352 | 342 | 342 | 336 |
Wind (km/h) | |||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | off | off | off | glassy | cross-on | cross-off | cross-off |
High Tide | 4:02PM1.67m | 4:26AM1.51m | 4:38PM1.61m | 5:03AM1.44m | 5:17PM1.51m | ||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:19PM-0.00m | 10:26AM0.10m | 10:55PM0.06m | 11:03AM0.18m | |||||||||||||||
 |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
 | — | — | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:24 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | 6:45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6:46 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 23 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 29 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 25 |
Feels °C | 19 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 22 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 |
| kJ | 309 | 278 | 287 | 153 | 131 | 134 | 140 | 118 | 126 | 326 | 321 | 321 | 241 | 379 | 384 | 352 | 342 | 342 | 336 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 16 | SW 16 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | SSE 9 | S 9 | SSE 8 | SSE 8 | SE 10 | S 3 | SSE 6 |
| kJ | 10 | 9 | 247 | 243 | 215 | 171 | 166 | 218 | 290 | 143 | 143 | 80 | 61 | 39 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | — | SW 16 | SW 16 | SW 16 | — | — | — | — | — | S 10 |
| kJ | — | — | — | 34 | 75 | 127 | 119 | 115 | 48 | — | 96 | 95 | 159 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | S 8 | S 8 | SSE 8 | — | SSE 8 | — | — | — | SSE 8 | SSE 9 | — | — | E 2 | ENE 3 | — | — | S 3 | SSE 8 | — |
| kJ | 363 | 412 | 339 | — | 202 | — | — | — | 309 | 324 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 32 | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | |||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town | |||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | |||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Derde Steen surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest