Dumps Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.88° S 18.49° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 17 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 13.3° C
(Which is 4.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 3PM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 17). An open ocean swell of 1.9m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (17 Nov)	3.5ft (1.1m)	11s
Afternoon (17 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Evening (17 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

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	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	3	3	3	3
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	10	10	18	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	17	16	15	15	16
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	308	233	229	191	157	148	194	260	361	657	606	598	526	503	437	424	480	480	555	1026	1398	1418	2140	2586
Wind (km/h)	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)		1:42PM 1.66					2:09AM 1.56				2:13PM 1.68				2:39AM 1.60				2:41PM 1.69				3:09AM 1.62
Low Tide / height (m)					8:02PM 0.45				8:04AM 0.55				8:29PM 0.42				8:33AM 0.54				8:56PM 0.41

	Monday 17					Tuesday 18								Wednesday 19								Thursday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	-	7:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	25	24	22	18	16	15	17	20	20	19	17	17	16	16	17	23	22	20	18	17	16	16	18
Feels °C (?)	20	21	21	19	15	14	13	14	16	14	12	11	13	13	13	13	18	16	14	14	14	14	13	15

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