Dumps Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.88° S 18.49° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 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 14.6° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 3AM is: 1.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 21). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s
Evening (21 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

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

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		Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
	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)	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	2	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	17	16	16	15
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	802	663	663	653	537	511	570	580	844	1239	2021	1728	1471	1228	1191	929	800	661	752	475	587	1057	1412	2449
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	S	SE	SE	ESE	ENE	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	E	WSW	WSW	SW	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			3:02AM 1.66				3:08PM 1.77				3:29AM 1.67				3:34PM 1.75				3:55AM 1.65				4:00PM 1.70
Low Tide / height (m)	8:56PM 0.35				8:58AM 0.43				9:20PM 0.35				9:23AM 0.44				9:44PM 0.36				9:49AM 0.47

		Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22								Thursday 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	15	14	15	22	25	23	20	19	17	17	22	25	24	23	18	17	16	16	17	20	20	19	16
Feels °C (?)	14	13	12	12	20	22	20	19	17	16	16	21	22	21	22	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	16	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dumps (light winds from the SSW at Thornton wx 6 km from Dumps). A 1.3m groundswell from the SW
34 minutes ago Dumps

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Actual: 34 min ago

8 km/h

SSW

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