Crons surf break

Crons surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 20 Mar 2026 SAST
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Crons surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Crons sea temperature is
16.2° C
(Which is 3.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Crons today?

The current surf forecast for Crons at 9PM is: 2.2m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Mar)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (20 Mar)10ft (3.0m)10s
Evening (20 Mar)7ft (2.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SW
2
SW
2.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
Period(s) (?)101010101212121212121212121212121111111111121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17971539723118449111771069952952864878864769756671583563512512512583698936864
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
45
SE
45
SE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:15PM
1.58
4:28AM
1.71
4:52PM
1.53
5:05AM
1.64
5:30PM
1.44
5:45AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:10AM
-0.05
10:16PM
0.02
10:45AM
-0.03
10:52PM
0.08
11:23AM
0.06
11:31PM
0.18
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Sunrise-------6:50-------6:50-------6:50
Sunset--6:58-------6:57-------6:54-----
rain showers
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1-----------------------
Temp. °C191919191918181818191818181717171819191818181818
Feels °C (?)151515161614131313141211111112121313131212111112
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