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 9AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 13s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-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	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	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	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	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	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	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	16	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	14	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	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1864	2537	3010	3140	3613	4071	4930	5195	5269	5493	5358	4981	4873	4721	4515	4820	8702	17527	27406	13325	12038	10933	10299	10409	16197	10100	9128	7714	6899	5945	4873	3923	3133	2456	2045	1799	1799	1612	1446	1369	1794	2160	2206	1851	1586	1455	1475	1819	2673	2884	3106	2878	2662	2609	2956	2874	2729	2542	2363	2475
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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