Dunes Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.12° S 18.35° E)

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Dunes surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 09 Jul 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 16.3° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Dunes today?

The current surf forecast for Dunes at 1PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (09 Jul)	8ft (2.5m)	13s
Afternoon (09 Jul)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Evening (09 Jul)	11ft (3.5m)	13s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Wednesday 09							Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
	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	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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	4	4	3	3	4	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	13	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1685	2537	2902	3380	3747	4071	4721	4829	4816	4983	5357	5271	5164	5010	5023	12760	9368	12244	14577	14698	13508	12322	12443	12898	12392	11139	9540	8327	7079	6083	5118	3981	3133	2574	2174	1912	1682	1493	1476	1565	1743	1693	1530	1564	1620	1468	1641	1749	2564	2664	3040	3140	2966	3023	2973	3017	3258	3211	2973	3318
Wind (km/h)	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	S	SSE	SE	ESE	ENE	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	S	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSW	SW	WSW	WNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	N	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)					2:45PM 1.29				2:49AM 1.36				3:21PM 1.36				3:26AM 1.41				3:57PM 1.42				4:02AM 1.43				4:32PM 1.47				4:39AM 1.43					5:09PM 1.50				5:18AM 1.40				5:46PM 1.51				5:59AM 1.35				6:27PM 1.49				6:45AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)			8:34AM 0.26				8:48PM 0.36				9:10AM 0.20				9:25PM 0.30				9:44AM 0.15				10:02PM 0.26				10:17AM 0.12				10:39PM 0.24				10:51AM 0.12					11:18PM 0.23				11:27AM 0.14				11:59PM 0.23				12:04PM 0.19				12:44AM 0.26				12:47PM 0.26

	Wednesday 09							Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14								Tuesday 15								Wednesday 16
Sunrise	-	7:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:48	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	13	12	12	13	14	15	15	15	15	15	13	13	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	12	11	11	12	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	15	14	14	13	12	12	13	14
Feels °C (?)	10	10	10	10	10	11	14	12	10	10	13	11	11	11	11	8	6	5	4	4	5	7	8	7	7	7	6	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	8	8	10	9	8	8	8	8	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	10	11	10	8	8	8	8

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