Derde Steen surf break

Derde Steen surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 30 Mar 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
15.5° C
(Which is 3.3°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 5AM is: 1.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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


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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
1
2
0
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
1
S
1.2
S
1.3
S
0.6
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121212101010111199914101010991414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)48836132524720218826729994137134118112128168268296278242398393492457511
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
E
5
NE
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
SE
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
ononcross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:44AM
1.46
2:05PM
1.39
2:18AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
2:49AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:03AM
0.18
8:10PM
0.18
8:37AM
0.10
8:42PM
0.13
9:07AM
0.05
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset------6:44-------6:43-------6:42-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181716161922211818181718232120191918181822232219
Feels °C (?)161616171820181617181718221918192019191921212018
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