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Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 27 Nov 2025 SASTForecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Dumps surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dumps sea temperature is
13.7° C
(Which is 4.3°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Dumps today?
The current surf forecast for Dumps at 1AM is: 0.6m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 27). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 9s is not directed at the surf break, a second open ocean swell of 2.0m 9s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (28 Nov) | 2ft (0.6m) | 10s |
| Afternoon (28 Nov) | 3.5ft (1.1m) | 5s |
| Evening (28 Nov) | 1.5ft (0.5m) | 10s |
Table - waves today at Dumps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
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| 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 | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 148 | 106 | 71 | 73 | 72 | 67 | 48 | 51 | 48 | 47 | 94 | 112 | 144 | 127 | 87 | 71 | 87 | 619 | 1077 | 1360 | 2253 | 1969 | 2081 | 1476 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- off | cross- off | off | glass | cross- on | cross | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:08PM 1.30 | 8:53AM 1.46 | 9:34PM 1.30 | 10:07AM 1.51 | 10:53PM 1.37 | 11:14AM 1.60 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:11PM 0.78 | 2:19AM 0.74 | 3:36PM 0.74 | 3:42AM 0.74 | 4:50PM 0.65 | 4:54AM 0.68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 27 | Friday 28 | Saturday 29 | Sunday 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:28 | - | - |
| Sunset | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 27 | 24 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 23 | 23 |
| Feels °C (?) | 24 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 20 |
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