Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 19 Feb 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
16.5° C
(Which is 3.3°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 9PM is: 1.6m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 19). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (19 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)14s
Evening (19 Feb)5ft (1.6m)13s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
1
1
2
3
3
3
3
0
1
2
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
NW
Period(s) (?)121413131212121212121111111111131313131313131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)79981178074687477363456149438327826819816814011611611611411411411411486
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
S
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ESE
5
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
NW
5
ENE
5
NW
5
NW
10
N
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
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
1.79
4:58AM
1.91
5:16PM
1.76
5:34AM
1.87
5:53PM
1.68
6:12AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
0.31
10:43PM
0.31
11:11AM
0.32
11:17PM
0.35
11:47AM
0.38
11:52PM
0.43
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Sunrise-------6:24-------6:26-------6:26
Sunset--7:34-------7:32-------7:31-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C232422202120202025262725222120212526262423222020
Feels °C (?)222219172020212026252625222221222625262625232019
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