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Dumps surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 20 Nov 2025 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
13.4° C
 (Which is 4.4°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: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 20). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)16s
Afternoon (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Evening (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
0
1
2
2
3
3
2
2
0
0
1
2
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
2.4
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)16151515151514141413131313121212121212127121210
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)27322148256232682942256224582289183016681319121010861019712646531488514414553480480544
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
35
S
30
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
30
SSE
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
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)
3:10PM
1.68
3:38AM
1.62
3:38PM
1.66
4:09AM
1.60
4:08PM
1.62
4:40AM
1.57
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:01AM
0.54
9:23PM
0.40
9:31AM
0.56
9:51PM
0.42
10:01AM
0.59
10:20PM
0.45
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-------5:31-------5:30-------5:30
Sunset--7:30-------7:31-------7:32-----
clear
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. °C222120181717171923222119191716202625222019181919
Feels °C (?)171514131315151519181515161515192422181716161513
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