Kreefte Reef surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Apr 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
16.3° C
(Which is 1.4°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 9AM is: 4.0m 13s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.8m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)13ft (4.0m)13s
Afternoon (20 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)11ft (3.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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0
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2
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111112121414141413131313131212121212131515161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)493348104630456261276069521547334063331428302522231921832597287829183175451763097235720771056609
Wind
(km/h)
40
W
30
W
25
W
15
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
15
N
20
NNW
25
WNW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.59
5:21PM
1.44
5:37AM
1.46
6:11PM
1.33
6:31AM
1.30
7:15PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.06
11:25PM
0.21
11:56AM
0.19
12:18AM
0.33
12:52PM
0.33
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---7:11-------7:11-------7:13----
Sunset------6:17-------6:16-------6:15-
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
111-11----1---1---------
Temp. °C141414141616161514141414161717171616151416191917
Feels °C (?)57910121211121111111111121414131311911151413
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