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Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 17 Jan 2026 SAST
Forecast 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
15.2° C
 (Which is 4.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 11AM is: 1.4m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
2
2
!
!
!
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101112121212121212121211111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2352403574899329881388227433123517334430172555227121801857150113041009862663606399634
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SSW
10
W
20
W
25
WSW
20
WSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:47AM
1.57
2:47PM
1.59
3:18AM
1.64
3:21PM
1.65
3:48AM
1.71
3:53PM
1.68
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:45AM
0.64
9:01PM
0.47
9:19AM
0.57
9:31PM
0.42
9:51AM
0.51
10:02PM
0.39
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-5:52-------5:52-------5:54------
Sunset----7:59-------7:59-------7:58---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171820212120191717171819181717171617192121201918
Feels °C (?)161718181717161414141414131212131313151717161614
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