Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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
15.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Queens today?

The current surf forecast for Queens at 8AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (14 Sep)8ft (2.5m)14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)8ft (2.4m)13s
Evening (14 Sep)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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

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Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wed
17
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
4
4
3
3
4
4
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
7
5
4
3
5
5
5
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5.5
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131312121212111112121313121212121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)346828852233200216591435112996610601223134713741565216657107063100718428649354924729422121472365
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SW
10
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
5
WSW
5
NW
10
NW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
35
NW
40
NW
40
WNW
40
WNW
25
WSW
20
SW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offglasscrosscrosscross-
off
glassononcross-
on
ononononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:58AM
1.34
8:34PM
1.35
9:45AM
1.27
10:35PM
1.29
11:43AM
1.33
12:16AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:09PM
0.76
3:24AM
0.75
4:22PM
0.81
5:22AM
0.74
6:10PM
0.73
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Wed
17
Sunrise-6:48-------6:46-------6:45------
Sunset----6:36-------6:37-------6:37---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
--------------212-------
Temp. °C141315161514141313131515151516151514141414131312
Feels °C (?)131215151312131211101098898119810109109
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Queens (light winds from the SSE at Observatory wx 8 km from Queens). A 2.3m groundswell from the SW

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6 km/h
SSE
Clean
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