Eerste Steen surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 23 Mar 2026 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
15.4° C
(Which is 3.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Eerste Steen today?

The current surf forecast for Eerste Steen at 11AM is: 2.3m 16s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 23). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Mar)7ft (2.2m)12s
Afternoon (23 Mar)8ft (2.5m)15s
Evening (23 Mar)10ft (3.0m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
4
2
2
!
3
3
4
4
3
2
0
1
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
Period(s) (?)121216151414141414131313131312121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1271137924912982436334202763148714651235113410141100953843782722636585583604372291247
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
5
SW
15
WSW
15
WNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNW
20
W
15
WSW
10
WSW
5
SW
5
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:15PM
1.32
6:33AM
1.35
7:10PM
1.18
7:37AM
1.18
8:37PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:04PM
0.18
12:15AM
0.31
12:54PM
0.33
1:14AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.47
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thu
26
Sunrise-6:50-------6:50-------6:52------
Sunset----6:53-------6:52-------6:51---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171723272724212020222826232019171919212120181817
Feels °C (?)151520242321181819222824222018171818202019191918
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