Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 03 Mar 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
18.6° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 5AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.2m 19s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Mar)7ft (2.1m)12s
Afternoon (03 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Evening (03 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s

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


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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131212121212111111111010101013131312121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)242218391536121510448075945436346986346145656761408163217641439139212001094928808766
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
5
SE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
0
SSE
10
SW
10
WSW
15
SW
10
S
5
SSE
0
SW
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
W
5
WSW
5
SW
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscrossglassglasscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:24AM
1.88
3:40PM
1.79
3:56AM
1.91
4:12PM
1.79
4:26AM
1.90
4:42PM
1.75
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:14PM
0.34
9:39AM
0.32
9:45PM
0.32
10:09AM
0.31
10:14PM
0.32
10:38AM
0.34
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise---6:35-------6:35-------6:35----
Sunset------7:20-------7:19-------7:16-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171616161920191818171718212322201919181822222120
Feels °C (?)141515151718161617161719202222201921191822222119
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