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Dungeons surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 13 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
17.7° C
 (Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Dungeons today?

The current surf forecast for Dungeons at 10AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 11s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Jan)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s
Evening (13 Jan)6ft (1.8m)11s

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

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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
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)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SSE
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212111111111111111111121212111010101111710
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)8138137236877707567566405895445445897541486294329382964223317001650836677441473
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
25
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
WSW
10
WNW
20
NW
20
NW
15
W
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		glassoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
on		ononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:33AM
1.09
12:36AM
1.03
12:39PM
1.14
1:27AM
1.11
1:28PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:24PM
0.51
6:36AM
0.60
7:17PM
0.43
7:30AM
0.52
7:58PM
0.35
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Fri
16
Sunrise-5:48-------5:48-------5:50------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------11--------
Temp. °C192021212120191919202121212118171717171818181717
Feels °C (?)1820201918171618192120191921141211991111111112
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