Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 21 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
16.6° 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 9PM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)13ft (4.0m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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4
4
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4.5
SSW
5
SSW
4.5
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
2.2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121213141516161616151514141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)310435754092404243905949805010269104111050297638708750155084555362930682253164912361139677599514
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
WNW
15
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
E
5
ESE
10
S
10
S
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16PM
1.60
6:35AM
1.55
7:17PM
1.49
7:45AM
1.39
8:40PM
1.41
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:58AM
0.45
12:22AM
0.60
12:54PM
0.59
1:36AM
0.72
2:12PM
0.71
3:24AM
0.78
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:13-------7:13
Sunset--6:15-------6:15-------6:14-----
cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-21---------------------
Temp. °C161617171615151516181916141313131721212019181819
Feels °C (?)121314141311111111131513111011111418181717151516
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