Dunes surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 04 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
18.1° C
(Which is 1.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunes today?

The current surf forecast for Dunes at 8AM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)8ft (2.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
3
2
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)111010101010131313121212121211111111111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7437836806146637451723194218531629139212761094990808701688629729558505453408615
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
5
S
10
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
5
ESE
5
W
0
WSW
5
NNW
10
SW
15
S
15
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
NW
10
NW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
on
onononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:49AM
1.66
4:05PM
1.53
4:19AM
1.65
4:35PM
1.49
4:48AM
1.60
5:04PM
1.42
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:40PM
0.03
10:05AM
0.03
10:09PM
0.05
10:35AM
0.05
10:38PM
0.10
11:03AM
0.11
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:35-------6:37-------6:37----
Sunset------7:19-------7:17-------7:16-
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
-----------------------1
Temp. °C181818181920202019191919192020191919181819202020
Feels °C (?)171818181920181918192020191918171718181818181918
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