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Off The Wall surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 SAST
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Off The Wall surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Off The Wall sea temperature is
15.5° C
 (Which is 4.1°C colder than average for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 4km away, Clifton 4th beach webcam Live Stream, Cape Town

How big are the waves at Off The Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Off The Wall at 7AM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s

Table - waves today at Off The Wall. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
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
3
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
2
2
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
Period(s) (?)111111111212121212121212121211111111111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)106016852073264731243399345530262738216919841448122911001134160522352316198716641328132014151374
Wind
(km/h)
10
WSW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
0
SSE
5
NW
10
NW
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
WSW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononononcross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
1.77
6:16PM
1.58
6:42AM
1.70
6:58PM
1.47
7:26AM
1.60
7:45PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
0.41
12:17PM
0.51
12:20AM
0.50
1:02PM
0.60
1:00AM
0.60
1:50PM
0.69
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sunrise---5:43-------5:43-------5:45----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212019192020201818181718192021212019181920212120
Feels °C (?)221917171716161516191716161820222018161616161414
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