Outer Kom surf break

Outer Kom surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 13 Sep 2025 SAST
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Outer Kom surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Outer Kom sea temperature is
15.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Outer Kom today?

The current surf forecast for Outer Kom at 10AM is: 2.3m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 Sep)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (13 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)16s
Evening (13 Sep)10ft (3.0m)15s

Table - waves today at Outer Kom. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
1.7
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
Period(s) (?)141413161615151414141413131313131212121211121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)212518571783150642884650429541393665301723802036165914351249106011551293168516172386340742576350
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
SW
10
WSW
5
W
10
NW
20
NW
25
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NW
40
WNW
45
WNW
40
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
crosscross-
on
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:08PM
1.28
7:53AM
1.09
8:29PM
1.12
9:46AM
1.02
10:34PM
1.07
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
0.39
1:36AM
0.42
1:58PM
0.53
3:13AM
0.53
4:10PM
0.60
Saturday
13
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tue
16
Sunrise-6:48-------6:48-------6:47------
Sunset----6:36-------6:37-------6:37---
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
Rain (mm)
---------------------111
Temp. °C141415151515151414141415151414141314141515161615
Feels °C (?)9910101010111111121314121213121010888988
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Outer Kom (calm at Shoebury Heights wx 17 km from Outer Kom). 1.9m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 0.5m 18s long period groundswell from the SSW. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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17 km away, 45 min ago

3 km/h
ESE
0.0
15.9
Air / Water (°C)
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