Dunes surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 28 Mar 2026 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
15.6° C
(Which is 3.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunes today?

The current surf forecast for Dunes at 6AM is: 2.3m 10s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.9
S
Period(s) (?)98101111111111111111101010131312121212101099
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)42343990416822643233420101552116810099368045894501021647480325294247219154142142
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:11AM
1.19
12:38PM
1.19
1:05AM
1.33
1:26PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.45
2:05PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
0.43
6:52PM
0.36
7:25AM
0.30
7:35PM
0.25
8:04AM
0.18
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Sunrise---6:54-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset------6:46-------6:45-------6:45-
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191918171819191818181818181919181818171718191918
Feels °C (?)181716151617171617181717171716151515141617171514
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