Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 22 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
16.4° C
(Which is 1.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 2PM is: 4.5m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)16ft (5.0m)15s
Afternoon (22 Apr)15ft (4.5m)16s
Evening (22 Apr)13ft (4.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SSW
5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4.5
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)141516161616151514141413131313121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8050104441100410681103339095750155084461377330682253179314881259890680494411325259230164219
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
S
10
SSW
5
SE
10
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
0
ENE
5
N
5
W
5
SSW
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
NE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crossglassoffoffoffglassglassoncrosscross-
off
glassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
1.55
7:17PM
1.49
7:45AM
1.39
8:40PM
1.41
9:24AM
1.30
10:20PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54PM
0.59
1:36AM
0.72
2:12PM
0.71
3:24AM
0.78
3:55PM
0.76
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sat
25
Sunrise-7:13-------7:13-------7:13------
Sunset----6:15-------6:14-------6:13---
part cloud
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. °C161516181916141312131621202019181718232524212020
Feels °C (?)121011131512111010111418171816151416202222191819
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