Derde Steen Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.76° S 18.44° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Derde Steen surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 06 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 12.4° C
(Which is 4.5°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: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	7s
Evening (06 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	8s

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

Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent

12 Days Hourly

Print Table

		Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	2	1	0	2	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	0	1	0	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	12	12	12	12	7	7	8	8	8	11	11	11	6	7	7	7	17	16	16	15	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	689	607	472	407	359	303	415	337	375	393	356	172	142	134	123	114	282	202	142	208	299	512	536	581
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	ESE	E	ESE	ENE	SW	SW	S	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:18AM 1.59				3:29PM 1.71				4:01AM 1.57				4:14PM 1.63				4:45AM 1.50					5:01PM 1.50
Low Tide / height (m)	9:08PM -0.11				9:20AM 0.04				9:50PM -0.08				10:04AM 0.08				10:33PM 0.01				10:51AM 0.16

		Thursday 06								Friday 07								Saturday 08
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	17	18	23	25	26	22	18	16	15	18	26	31	30	26	24	22	21	24	27	29	27	27
Feels °C (?)	15	15	15	15	20	21	22	19	15	13	13	15	24	28	26	23	22	19	19	22	24	26	25	25

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.