Off The Wall surf break

Off The Wall surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Saturday 21 Feb 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
16.7° C
(Which is 3.1°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Off The Wall today?

The current surf forecast for Off The Wall at 1AM is: 1.5m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 0.9m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.6m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Feb)1.5ft (0.5m)13s
Afternoon (22 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Evening (22 Feb)3ft (0.9m)13s

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

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Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
2
1
0
0
2
3
2
2
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SE
1.4
SE
1.5
SE
0.6
WNW
0.6
WNW
0.5
WNW
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)888131313141414131313121212121212121414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)16422327711411395169178232309382370347390384414371359359341581525509431
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
0
SSE
5
NE
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
15
NNW
10
WNW
10
W
10
S
10
SSW
10
SW
5
SW
0
SW
10
WNW
15
W
10
WSW
5
W
5
WNW
10
WNW
10
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crossglassglassoncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoncross-
on
cross-
on
onon
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:53PM
1.68
6:12AM
1.79
6:35PM
1.58
6:57AM
1.67
7:27PM
1.45
7:55AM
1.52
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52PM
0.43
12:28PM
0.47
12:33AM
0.55
1:17PM
0.59
1:26AM
0.68
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Sunrise-----6:26-------6:28-------6:28--
Sunset7:31-------7:30-------7:30-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C252423211920212122212020191921222221201919192021
Feels °C (?)252725221920202122222121202122222222222020181919
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