Misty Cliffs Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.19° S 18.37° E)

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Misty Cliffs surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 31 Aug 2025 SAST

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Misty Cliffs surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Misty Cliffs sea temperature is 15.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Misty Cliffs today?

The current surf forecast for Misty Cliffs at 11AM is: 2.1m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Aug)	7ft (2.1m)	12s
Afternoon (31 Aug)	10ft (3.0m)	13s
Evening (31 Aug)	11ft (3.5m)	13s

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

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	Sunday 31							Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed 03
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	3	4	3	3	3	4	4	3	2	0	1	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1998	1694	1903	2541	3814	4650	4182	3722	3233	2832	2611	2465	2255	2487	2929	2908	2684	2490	2446	2498	2136	1975	1750	1693
Wind (km/h)	WSW	W	NW	SSW	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	E	N	NNW	NNW	NW	WNW	NW	W	WNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)		7:41AM 0.97					8:07PM 1.01				9:37AM 0.90				10:17PM 0.97					11:52AM 0.96				11:59PM 1.05
Low Tide / height (m)				1:28PM 0.64					2:54AM 0.64				3:28PM 0.72					5:26AM 0.61				6:00PM 0.66

	Sunday 31							Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wed 03
Sunrise	-	7:07	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	14	17	19	19	18	17	18	17	17	17	16	15	14	14
Feels °C (?)	12	13	14	13	10	8	7	6	6	6	10	15	16	15	15	15	16	14	14	14	14	14	13	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update The wind is still cross-on at Misty Cliffs (light winds from the SSW at Slangkop 7 km from Misty Cliffs). 2.1m 13s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
1 hour 46 minutes ago Misty Cliffs

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1 h 46 min ago

13 km/h

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