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Horse Trails surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 03 Feb 2026 SAST
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Horse Trails surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Horse Trails sea temperature is
15.0° C
 (Which is 5.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Horse Trails today?

The current surf forecast for Horse Trails at 12AM is: 0.9m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
1
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
S
1
S
1.1
S
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101312111111121211111111111111111011121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142145142142269248267228267190190174198191187194194194191184187205298273
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SE
5
ESE
5
SSW
10
SW
20
S
15
SSE
5
ENE
5
NNE
10
NNW
5
WNW
10
SW
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
on		oncrosscrossglassglasscrossglassoncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:29PM
1.53
4:50AM
1.64
5:04PM
1.47
5:23AM
1.59
5:37PM
1.39
5:55AM
1.50
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
0.02
11:05AM
0.09
11:09PM
0.09
11:39AM
0.15
11:40PM
0.18
12:12PM
0.24
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise-----6:09-------6:11-------6:11--
Sunset7:50-------7:49-------7:47-------
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------1-----------
Temp. °C232121212123272626232323212124252321202019202324
Feels °C (?)212022222226292726242626232324242019192019192322
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