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Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Queens today?
The current surf forecast for Queens at 6PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 11s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Queens. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 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 | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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 kJ (?) | 459 | 457 | 442 | 643 | 739 | 920 | 870 | 880 | 410 | 615 | 326 | 394 | 186 | 179 | 258 | 250 | 250 | 202 | 222 | 173 | 168 | 117 | 113 | 109 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | cross- on | glass | off | off | off | off |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:36PM 1.59 | 1:56AM 1.56 | 2:12PM 1.69 | 2:31AM 1.63 | 2:43PM 1.76 | 3:01AM 1.67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:55PM 0.48 | 8:03AM 0.46 | 8:30PM 0.40 | 8:35AM 0.40 | 8:59PM 0.35 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 |
| Sunset | - | - | 6:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:40 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Offshore wind has become cross-off at Queens (light winds from the S at Observatory wx 8 km from Queens). 1.8m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.7m 10s swell from the W. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
Actual: 23 min ago
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