Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 15 Apr 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
16.8° 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 12AM is: 4.0m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm April 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (16 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (16 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
2
2
3
4
3
2
2
0
0
4
1
1
3
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)161616161514141414131313131212121212121211141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1077994088260752362924955422237523010241721031819185316551627179416521681170412721807301722762392
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
10
SSW
10
S
5
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
5
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
5
NW
10
N
15
NNE
20
NNE
30
N
25
NW
15
NNE
20
NNW
15
NNW
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
10
NNW
15
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:09PM
1.69
2:20AM
1.86
2:45PM
1.78
2:56AM
1.93
3:22PM
1.83
3:34AM
1.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09PM
0.40
8:37AM
0.25
8:45PM
0.32
9:13AM
0.20
9:23PM
0.29
9:51AM
0.19
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Friday
17
Saturday
18
Sunrise-----7:07-------7:09-------7:09--
Sunset6:22-------6:22-------6:21-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
mod rain
cloud
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
---------------210--111--
Temp. °C181717161515171818161615141418151313131313131617
Feels °C (?)15141514131415151514151310101210109101111121413
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