Dunes surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 16 Sep 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
15.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Dunes today?

The current surf forecast for Dunes at 3PM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)16ft (5.0m)12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
!
!
3
3
5
5
4
3
3
2
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
1
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
4
SW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.7
S
2
SSW
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)121212111212121212121212121212111111111111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)616149172897216119522517309131922860259723912047187115511208694925610785797736763765814
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
5
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
10
S
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:42AM
1.10
12:10AM
1.14
12:48PM
1.23
1:07AM
1.25
1:32PM
1.36
1:48AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
0.52
6:34AM
0.41
7:06PM
0.39
7:21AM
0.30
7:48PM
0.27
7:57AM
0.21
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise-------6:43-------6:41-------6:41
Sunset--6:37-------6:38-------6:38-----
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part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141413131313131313131313131313131414141413131313
Feels °C (?)898999101110109101010101112111097788
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Dunes (calm at Shoebury Heights wx 14 km from Dunes). A 4.0m groundswell from the SW is too big for here

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Actual: 33 min ago

5 km/h
W
Clean
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