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Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 09 Feb 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
17.2° C
 (Which is 2.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Queens today?

The current surf forecast for Queens at 1PM is: 1.3m 9s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.2m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Feb)5ft (1.5m)7s
Afternoon (09 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)9s
Evening (09 Feb)5.5ft (1.7m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
1
2
3
2
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SSE
1.5
SSE
1.9
SE
1.3
SSW
1.9
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
2.3
S
Period(s) (?)877977771111101012121111111111111111167
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)400249386266345247258200379372320245280309227246237194159159194172251547
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
15
SE
10
WNW
5
SSW
10
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
30
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffcross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:51AM
1.42
8:22PM
1.24
8:50AM
1.31
10:06PM
1.18
10:37AM
1.26
12:16AM
1.23
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16PM
0.82
2:14AM
0.88
3:42PM
0.88
4:03AM
0.96
5:38PM
0.86
Monday
09
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thu
12
Sunrise-6:15-------6:16-------6:16------
Sunset----7:45-------7:44-------7:43---
part cloud
clear
part cloud
thunderstorm
heavy rain
thunderstorm
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
---4131------------------
Temp. °C212223222121212121212223222221212121202122212019
Feels °C (?)212324242221192020202122202121222221191820181614
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