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Dunes surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 10 Feb 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
19.1° C
 (Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dunes today?

The current surf forecast for Dunes at 1AM is: 1.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 19s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 10). An open ocean swell of 1.0m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s
Afternoon (11 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)18s
Evening (11 Feb)3ft (0.9m)11s

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

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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.6
WNW
0.9
WSW
0.8
SW
2.5
S
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121211111111101811168999101313131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)36530930324626819418714420920730673759463567878421032345204519511721157613811580
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
20
S
15
S
25
S
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SSE
30
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:02PM
0.90
10:39AM
0.98
12:15AM
0.95
12:21PM
1.04
1:16AM
1.06
1:17PM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:32PM
0.64
3:54AM
0.72
5:54PM
0.62
6:22AM
0.67
7:04PM
0.51
7:21AM
0.56
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----6:16-------6:18-------6:18--
Sunset7:44-------7:44-------7:43-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222222212121202222212019191918191818181819191819
Feels °C (?)202020202120182021171412121211121111111315151315
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