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Platboom surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
How big are the waves at Platboom today?
The current surf forecast for Platboom at 12AM is: 3ft 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1ft 3s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm June 10). An open ocean swell of 4ft 10s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.
Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
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Morning (11 Jun) | - | - |
Afternoon (11 Jun) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 10s |
Evening (11 Jun) | 3ft (0.9m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Platboom. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Tuesday 10 | Wednesday 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wed 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | 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 | 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 | |
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Wave Height (ft) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Period(s) (?) | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy (?) | 127 | 284 | 363 | 515 | 529 | 486 | 569 | 579 | 578 | 624 | 656 | 674 | 603 | 542 | 621 | 609 | 556 | 673 | 839 | 888 | 1027 | 1121 | 1354 | 1238 | 1139 | 1007 | 837 | 789 | 700 | 626 | 529 | 488 | 427 | 525 | 486 | 499 | 679 | 1091 | 1511 | 2107 | 1989 | 2038 | 2230 | 2319 | 3708 | 9472 | 11023 | 11470 | 11894 | 10531 | 9056 | 7635 | 5691 | 5402 | 4691 | 10131 | 5923 | 11935 | 12333 | 6801 |
Wind (mph) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (ft) | 2:56PM 4.33 | 3:01AM 4.53 | 3:32PM 4.4 | 3:36AM 4.56 | 4:08PM 4.43 | 4:12AM 4.49 | 4:45PM 4.43 | 4:50AM 4.43 | 5:24PM 4.43 | 5:30AM 4.3 | 6:06PM 4.4 | 6:15AM 4.13 | 6:53PM 4.4 | 7:07AM 3.94 | 7:46PM 4.36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (ft) | 8:58PM 1.12 | 9:21AM 0.66 | 9:33PM 1.05 | 9:55AM 0.66 | 10:09PM 1.05 | 10:30AM 0.66 | 10:47PM 1.12 | 11:06AM 0.72 | 11:28PM 1.18 | 11:44AM 0.82 | 12:14AM 1.25 | 12:27PM 0.95 | 1:06AM 1.31 | 1:15PM 1.12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 10 | Wednesday 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wed 18 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Sunset | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:42 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:43 | - | - | - |
Rain (in) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | - |
Temp. °F | 57 | 57 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 66 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 72 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 73 | 75 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 79 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 61 |
Feels °F (?) | 50 | 50 | 48 | 48 | 50 | 48 | 48 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 55 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 59 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 64 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 70 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 64 | 61 | 64 | 63 | 57 | 61 | 59 | 61 | 59 | 55 | 55 | 54 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 48 | 43 | 46 | 43 | 45 | 50 | 50 | 52 |
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