Off The Wall Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Off The Wall surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 03 Oct 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 13.7° C
(Which is 2.2°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 7PM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 17s secondary swell from a West direction, 1.7m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (03 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Afternoon (03 Oct)	7.5ft (2.3m)	12s
Evening (03 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	11s

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

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	Friday 03					Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
	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	5 AM	8 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	11	13	12	12	10	10	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1543	1377	822	754	563	544	439	431	382	361	347	370	260	612	553	505	470	538	816	743	324	1111	1396	3343
Wind (km/h)	SE	S	S	SSE	SE	NE	N	N	NW	NW	NW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	glass	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	on
High Tide / height (m)		12:51PM 1.54				1:13AM 1.52				1:28PM 1.70				1:51AM 1.66					2:04PM 1.83				2:28AM 1.77
Low Tide / height (m)				7:08PM 0.53				7:16AM 0.49				7:45PM 0.37				7:53AM 0.37					8:21PM 0.24

	Friday 03					Saturday 04								Sunday 05								Monday 06
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:16
Sunset	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:51	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Temp. °C	16	21	22	19	16	16	16	14	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	15	15	14	14	14	13	14	15
Feels °C (?)	14	18	19	16	13	15	12	10	13	13	14	15	13	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	8	9	11

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Off The Wall (light winds from the SW at Observatory wx 8 km from Off The Wall). 2.7m 8s swell from the SE with a 1.7m 11s groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
1 hour 15 minutes ago Off The Wall

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