Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 30 Mar 2026 SAST
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Queens surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Queens sea temperature is
16.6° C
(Which is 2.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Queens today?

The current surf forecast for Queens at 9AM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.1m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (30 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (30 Mar)3ft (0.9m)10s
Evening (30 Mar)4.5ft (1.3m)9s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1.1
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SSW
0.8
S
1.3
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121012101091111991414101510991414141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)428325294247202154117300119137125120119167241268296272270398453485518778
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NE
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffglassglassglasscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:50AM
1.71
2:13PM
1.64
2:25AM
1.79
2:46PM
1.70
2:57AM
1.84
3:16PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10AM
0.43
8:17PM
0.45
8:44AM
0.36
8:49PM
0.40
9:13AM
0.33
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:58----
Sunset------6:44-------6:43-------6:42-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817171920191818181818212221201919191921212019
Feels °C (?)161616171818151517181818212120201920201920181716
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