Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 08 Apr 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
17.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Queens today?

The current surf forecast for Queens at 8AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.0m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Afternoon (08 Apr)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (08 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131312131313121211111212121716161515141414141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1442124896491774672658352851055358353354256766197610761776186217361688145112001083
Wind
(km/h)
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NNW
10
SW
10
S
5
SSE
5
E
0
NE
5
SSE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
SSW
10
S
5
ESE
10
N
15
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NW
10
W
15
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
glassglassglassoffoffglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:16AM
1.41
6:56PM
1.34
7:01AM
1.30
8:06PM
1.26
8:28AM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:05AM
0.75
12:31PM
0.71
12:52AM
0.86
1:26PM
0.81
2:24AM
0.94
3:14PM
0.87
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise---7:03-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset------6:32-------6:30-------6:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222122232729272424232222252626252524212021222119
Feels °C (?)201920212526242323232121252526252523201920222119
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