Off The Wall Surf Forecast

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South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Off The Wall surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 18 Aug 2025 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 14.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Off The Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Off The Wall at 2AM is: 0.7m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	3ft (0.9m)	17s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	3.5ft (1.1m)	16s
Evening (18 Aug)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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		Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
	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	2	3	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	18	18	17	16	16	16	18	16	16	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	390	411	444	670	678	862	1033	1102	2659	2987	3444	3084	3273	2712	2331	2026	1877	1531	1203	952	785	637	573	1040
Wind (km/h)	ESE	SSE	SW	N	NNW	NW	NW	NW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NW	W	SE	SE	NE	NE	N	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	10:26PM 1.38					11:36AM 1.30				12:04AM 1.41				12:55PM 1.41				1:14AM 1.49				1:49PM 1.54
Low Tide / height (m)				5:19AM 0.68				5:51PM 0.74				6:40AM 0.61				7:08PM 0.64				7:37AM 0.51

		Monday 18								Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20
Sunrise	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:20	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	15	15	15	16	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	15
Feels °C (?)	16	14	15	15	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	12	14	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Off The Wall (light winds from the S at Observatory wx 8 km from Off The Wall). 0.7m 14s groundswell from the SW with a 0.7m 7s swell from the W and a 0.4m 10s swell, also from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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