Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 29 Mar 2026 SAST
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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
16.3° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 8PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 29). An open ocean swell of 0.3m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
WSW
1.1
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
0.8
S
1.3
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)1010131212121210101010911119914141015109914
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)589499347567428325247247220220117300119137125118119167241268265272237398
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
WNW
10
W
15
SSW
10
SSE
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassoncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:35PM
1.55
1:50AM
1.71
2:13PM
1.64
2:25AM
1.79
2:46PM
1.70
2:57AM
1.84
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:41PM
0.53
8:10AM
0.43
8:17PM
0.45
8:44AM
0.36
8:49PM
0.40
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset--6:45-------6:44-------6:43-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020191817171619212018181717182323211919181919
Feels °C (?)191818171616171618191716181717192222201920192020
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