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Dungeons surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 SAST
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Dungeons surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dungeons sea temperature is
16.4° C
 (Which is 3.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dungeons today?

The current surf forecast for Dungeons at 2PM is: 2.0m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 08). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
3
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2
WSW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
WSW
2.2
S
2.4
S
2.5
S
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
1
SSW
1.2
SSW
2.3
SSE
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)12121212111111111111121010121212121111141481312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1984144813231100119316052174217417641439128112221308830713550452372275419542597613558
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
WNW
15
SSW
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
20
SE
15
SE
25
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
30
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
off		crossonononononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
1.44
6:52PM
1.20
7:18AM
1.34
7:38PM
1.10
8:04AM
1.24
8:35PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
0.33
12:53AM
0.34
1:43PM
0.42
1:35AM
0.45
2:37PM
0.50
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:45------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819212120191919192020201919181818242725232120
Feels °C (?)171516192119171616141514131213121315212320181717
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