Monwabisi Strand Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.08° S 18.79° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Monwabisi Strand surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 08 Sep 2025 SAST

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

Today's Monwabisi Strand sea temperature is 15.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Monwabisi Strand today?

The current surf forecast for Monwabisi Strand at 7AM is: 2.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 10s secondary swell from a South direction, 1.1m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (08 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	14s
Afternoon (08 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	14s
Evening (08 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	14s

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

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		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
	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	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	2	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	0	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	S	S	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1698	1825	1938	1660	1476	1333	1279	1154	918	1023	853	608	586	490	467	408	359	326	374	253	286	283	372	413
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE	SE	SE	E	E	ENE	NE	N	NNW	WNW	W	SE	SSE	S	SE	E	SE	SSW	SSE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			3:22AM 1.60				3:39PM 1.76				3:58AM 1.62				4:14PM 1.77				4:35AM 1.58				4:51PM 1.73
Low Tide / height (m)	9:20PM 0.01				9:27AM -0.02				9:55PM -0.05				10:01AM -0.02				10:31PM -0.05				10:37AM 0.02

		Monday 08								Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10
Sunrise	-	-	-	6:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:52	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	13	13	13	13	20	25	25	18	18	18	19	17	22	24	21	16	16	16	16	17	23	25	23	19
Feels °C (?)	10	10	10	10	18	24	24	16	17	17	19	15	20	23	21	17	16	16	16	17	23	24	23	19

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Monwabisi Strand (calm at Somerset West 4 km from Monwabisi Strand). 2.4m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.6m 5s windswell from the SE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 18 minutes ago Monwabisi Strand

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1 h 18 min ago

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