Dumps Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.88° S 18.49° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 06 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 13.6° C
(Which is 3.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dumps today?

The current surf forecast for Dumps at 9AM is: 1.2m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am November 06). An open ocean swell of 2.0m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (06 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	12s
Afternoon (06 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	11s
Evening (06 Nov)	3ft (0.9m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 06							Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun 09
	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	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	SW	WSW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	472	407	359	303	223	215	172	172	172	172	140	134	110	108	108	108	138	206	295	574	598	581	573	648
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSW	SSW	S	SSE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)	3:23AM 1.84				3:36PM 1.95				4:06AM 1.82				4:19PM 1.87				4:50AM 1.75					5:05PM 1.74
Low Tide / height (m)			9:24AM 0.28				9:53PM 0.18				10:07AM 0.33				10:36PM 0.26				10:53AM 0.42					11:21PM 0.38

	Thursday 06							Friday 07								Saturday 08								Sun 09
Sunrise	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	23	25	25	21	18	15	15	17	26	29	27	24	22	20	19	23	28	26	25	24	22	21
Feels °C (?)	14	15	21	20	21	18	15	13	13	15	24	26	24	22	21	20	18	22	27	24	23	22	21	21

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