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Platboom surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 02 Aug 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Platboom today?
The current surf forecast for Platboom at 6AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 5s secondary swell from a East-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am August 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (02 Aug) | 8ft (2.5m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (02 Aug) | 7ft (2.1m) | 13s |
| Evening (02 Aug) | 6ft (1.8m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Platboom. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |  |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 5394 | 4135 | 3047 | 2345 | 2071 | 1671 | 1207 | 914 | 766 | 633 | 592 | 516 | 511 | 480 | 1033 | 1783 | 2254 | 3266 | 4540 | 5192 | 5756 | 9868 | 9187 | 12013 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:13PM 1.13 | 8:57AM 0.96 | 9:23PM 1.06 | 10:38AM 0.94 | 10:59PM 1.04 | 12:12PM 0.99 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 2:46AM 0.56 | 2:42PM 0.64 | 4:16AM 0.60 | 4:30PM 0.68 | 5:55AM 0.56 | 6:13PM 0.63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 02 | Sunday 03 | Monday 04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 7:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:37 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:06 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:07 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Temp. °C | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Continuing clean conditions at Platboom (calm at Meadowridge wx 34 km from Platboom). A 2.8m groundswell from the SW
34 km away, 1 h 33 min ago
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