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Kreefte Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 09 Jan 2026 SAST
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Kreefte Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Kreefte Reef sea temperature is
15.1° C
 (Which is 4.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Kreefte Reef today?

The current surf forecast for Kreefte Reef at 8AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 13s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (09 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)10s
Evening (09 Jan)8ft (2.5m)8s

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

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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
!
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.5
S
2.4
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1
WSW
0.8
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111111111289999111414131312121212121221
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)154219381749178111861095889826919575435332230248379458437502423416450435435831
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
S
35
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSW
25
SSW
15
S
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
E
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
on		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:19AM
1.34
7:40PM
1.10
8:05AM
1.24
8:37PM
1.02
9:01AM
1.15
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:54AM
0.34
1:43PM
0.41
1:36AM
0.46
2:37PM
0.49
2:27AM
0.56
3:46PM
0.55
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise---5:45-------5:46-------5:47----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818192324232220161520273030262421202327272722
Feels °C (?)191716162019171616131217242526252220202326262622
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