Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 19 Apr 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
17.1° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 7AM is: 2.2m 9s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)8ft (2.4m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)15ft (4.5m)10s
Evening (19 Apr)15ft (4.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
!
0
0
0
!
!
!
3
3
2
1
!
!
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
WSW
2.3
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
SW
4.5
W
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)139991010101011121213141414141313131313131212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)263182951280713673638438647725250519954037556747167425922518544083775340928842672322838023812
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
15
N
25
N
35
NNW
45
NNW
45
WNW
45
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
15
WNW
25
WNW
25
NW
25
NW
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
N
10
N
15
N
15
NW
10
SW
10
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
1.92
4:42PM
1.79
4:56AM
1.84
5:26PM
1.71
5:42AM
1.71
6:16PM
1.60
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
0.30
10:30AM
0.23
10:43PM
0.36
11:12AM
0.32
11:28PM
0.47
11:58AM
0.45
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Sunrise---7:11-------7:11-------7:11----
Sunset------6:17-------6:16-------6:15-
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
light rain
part cloud
Rain (mm)
11132411111-1---11----1-
Temp. °C151414151716141414141415161616151514131316171617
Feels °C (?)121199985567811111011121311101013141415
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