Kreefte Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 17 Sep 2025 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
14.1° C
(Which is 1.5°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 2PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)12s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
1
1
1
3
3
3
4
2
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
3
1
1
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212111111111111111011111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)186921011928189717371649133612071050853838711698586679438478667615534444408385314
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
SE
10
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
0
NE
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:47PM
1.23
1:07AM
1.25
1:31PM
1.37
1:48AM
1.34
2:06PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
0.41
7:05PM
0.38
7:21AM
0.30
7:48PM
0.26
7:57AM
0.21
8:22PM
0.17
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sat
20
Sunrise-6:43-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset----6:38-------6:38-------6:39---
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C121214141312111111111415161312121112171918181817
Feels °C (?)9101110888999111111999810151616161715
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Kreefte Reef (calm at Thornton wx 36 km from Kreefte Reef). 2.5m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.4m 11s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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5 km/h
NW
0.0
14.1
Air / Water (°C)
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