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Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 Apr 2026 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
16.6° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)How big are the waves at Dumps today?
The current surf forecast for Dumps at 9AM is: 5.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (22 Apr) | 16ft (5.0m) | 15s |
| Afternoon (22 Apr) | 15ft (4.5m) | 16s |
| Evening (22 Apr) | 13ft (4.0m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Dumps. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Updates in hr min s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 4390 | 6208 | 8050 | 10444 | 11004 | 10923 | 10333 | 8957 | 7501 | 5801 | 4461 | 3544 | 2993 | 2253 | 1793 | 1488 | 995 | 762 | 680 | 494 | 411 | 325 | 259 | 230 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | off | off | cross- off | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | glass | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 6:35AM 1.55 | 7:17PM 1.49 | 7:45AM 1.39 | 8:40PM 1.41 | 9:24AM 1.30 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 12:22AM 0.60 | 12:54PM 0.59 | 1:36AM 0.72 | 2:12PM 0.71 | 3:24AM 0.78 | 3:55PM 0.76 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | Friday 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:13 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:13 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 22 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 19 |
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