Eerste Steen surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 SAST
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Eerste Steen surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Eerste Steen sea temperature is
14.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Eerste Steen today?

The current surf forecast for Eerste Steen at 2PM is: 4.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
4
3
1
1
2
3
4
4
3
2
1
0
1
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.7
S
Period(s) (?)121212121211121112121212121212121111111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)7211673154634536396034063374314032953310306627292582213618541638138811401008973849885817885
Wind
(km/h)
30
WSW
25
SSW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
0
E
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
S
5
S
5
E
5
E
5
SSW
15
SW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41AM
1.10
12:10AM
1.14
12:47PM
1.23
1:07AM
1.25
1:31PM
1.36
1:48AM
1.34
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.51
6:04PM
0.51
6:33AM
0.41
7:05PM
0.38
7:20AM
0.30
7:48PM
0.26
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Fri
19
Sunrise-6:45-------6:43-------6:41------
Sunset----6:37-------6:37-------6:38---
rain showers
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C141414131313131212111313131312121111141415131312
Feels °C (?)998881010910101099101010991211119109
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Eerste Steen (light winds from the WSW at Plattekloof Glen wx 17 km from Eerste Steen). A 3.7m groundswell from the WSW is too big for here

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17 km away, 41 min ago

8 km/h
WSW
0.0
14.7
Air / Water (°C)
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