Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 06 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
17.7° C
(Which is 1.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 4AM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 11s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Mar)5ft (1.5m)10s
Afternoon (06 Mar)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (06 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2
!
!
2
!
!
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.1
SW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)11111010111111108101011121111111112121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)75653453040741548744927051913972500313618072940294721281549265825131607197812771082933
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
NW
10
N
10
N
20
NNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glassglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:56AM
1.84
5:10PM
1.69
5:24AM
1.76
5:39PM
1.61
5:52AM
1.66
6:08PM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:41PM
0.36
11:05AM
0.39
11:08PM
0.43
11:32AM
0.47
11:34PM
0.52
12:00PM
0.56
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Sunrise---6:37-------6:37-------6:39----
Sunset------7:15-------7:15-------7:14-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
rain showers
clear
light rain
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-------1-1--------------
Temp. °C191817172021201919171616171817161514141420252522
Feels °C (?)201917161818181616121010101110101010111117222119
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