Dumps Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.88° S 18.49° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 13 Nov 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 14.7° C
(Which is 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 9AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 13). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (13 Nov)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Afternoon (13 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	12s
Evening (13 Nov)	6ft (1.8m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 13							Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sun 16
	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	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	SSW	W	W	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	10	11	11	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	16	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1713	2702	2113	1472	1119	773	773	372	305	212	154	143	168	143	110	392	388	408	431	475	568	587	864	1956
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE
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	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	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			10:38AM 1.44					11:25PM 1.31				11:44AM 1.50				12:22AM 1.38				12:32PM 1.57				1:04AM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)	4:15AM 0.77					5:25PM 0.70				5:27AM 0.73				6:20PM 0.62				6:19AM 0.68				7:00PM 0.55

	Thursday 13							Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sun 16
Sunrise	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	17	21	21	22	21	19	17	16	18	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	17	18	19	18	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	14	14	17	17	18	18	17	15	14	16	16	15	13	13	12	11	11	12	12	12	10	8	10	10

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