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Dumps Surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa
How big are the waves at Dumps today?
The current surf forecast for Dumps at 5PM is: 0.8m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 22). An open ocean swell of 0.8m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 3.
Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (22 Apr) | 2.5ft (0.8m) | 13s |
Afternoon (22 Apr) | 2ft (0.6m) | 16s |
Evening (22 Apr) | 3ft (0.9m) | 15s |
Table - waves today at Dumps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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Swell Height Map |
Wave Height (m) & direction (?) |
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Wave (?)Graph ![]() |
Energy (?) |
Wind (km/h) |
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy |
High Tide / height (m) |
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Summary |
Rain (mm) |
Temp. °C |
Chill °C (?) |
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W | WSW | W | W | NW | NNW | NNW | N | NW | WNW | WSW | SSE | SSE | SE | SSE | SSE | SSW | S | SSE | SSE | SE | N | N | N | NNW | WNW | WNW | NNW | N | NNW | NNE | NNE | NNW | NW | WNW | NNW | N | NNE | NNE | NNE | SW | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | S | SSW | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | SSE | S | S | SSE |
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12:00PM 1.38 | 12:24AM 1.55 | 12:54PM 1.52 | 1:11AM 1.71 | 1:39PM 1.66 | 1:52AM 1.84 | 2:20PM 1.77 | 2:33AM 1.95 | 3:00PM 1.85 | 3:13AM 2.00 | 3:41PM 1.88 | 3:54AM 1.99 | 4:22PM 1.85 | 4:36AM 1.92 | 5:05PM 1.78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6:08PM 0.66 | 6:47AM 0.55 | 6:57PM 0.53 | 7:31AM 0.39 | 7:41PM 0.41 | 8:12AM 0.26 | 8:22PM 0.31 | 8:51AM 0.17 | 9:02PM 0.25 | 9:31AM 0.13 | 9:43PM 0.24 | 10:11AM 0.16 | 10:24PM 0.29 | 10:53AM 0.23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: the tide data above is for Cape Town, South Africa which is 7 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Dumps.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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