Dunes Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.12° S 18.35° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Dunes surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 18 Nov 2025 SAST

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Dunes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Dunes sea temperature is 14.4° C
(Which is 3.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunes today?

The current surf forecast for Dunes at 1AM is: 1.2m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 18). An open ocean swell of 1.5m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (19 Nov)	4ft (1.2m)	13s
Afternoon (19 Nov)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Evening (19 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	17s

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

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	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
	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	11 AM	2 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
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	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	18	17	16	15	15	16	15	18	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	757	736	518	495	488	480	480	591	616	1339	1519	1753	2593	2768	2851	2024	2708	3678	3286	3026	2903	2427	1948	1668
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	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)	2:03PM 1.43				2:31AM 1.36				2:33PM 1.44				3:01AM 1.38				3:05PM 1.44				3:31AM 1.38
Low Tide / height (m)			8:24PM 0.17				8:31AM 0.29				8:53PM 0.15				9:02AM 0.27				9:22PM 0.16				9:33AM 0.28

	Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19								Thursday 20								Friday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-
Sunset	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	17	17	17	16	17	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	17	18	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	19	19
Feels °C (?)	10	11	10	11	10	11	13	11	11	10	11	10	10	11	12	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	12	11

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