Gordons Bay Harbour surf break

Gordons Bay Harbour surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 02 Feb 2026 SAST
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Gordons Bay Harbour surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Gordons Bay Harbour sea temperature is
20.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Gordons Bay Harbour today?

The current surf forecast for Gordons Bay Harbour at 9PM is: 1.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.1m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Afternoon (02 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Evening (02 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Gordons Bay Harbour. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
SSW
1.7
SSE
1.5
SSE
0.7
S
0.6
SW
0.5
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.7
SSE
1.5
SE
1.2
SE
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)1212121211111211115610101010111212665111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)41934734125624724317916712616112910857537782901191701338597105101
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
20
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:53PM
1.58
4:16AM
1.68
4:29PM
1.55
4:51AM
1.67
5:04PM
1.49
5:24AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:53AM
0.07
10:04PM
0.00
10:31AM
0.06
10:38PM
0.03
11:06AM
0.09
11:09PM
0.08
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Sunrise-------6:07-------6:07-------6:09
Sunset--7:50-------7:49-------7:47-----
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
thunderstorm
part cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------111-1-
Temp. °C222221202020202125272324232221222629262322222121
Feels °C (?)212120191919202124242125232321232628252221232120
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