Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 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
17.1° C
(Which is 1.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Queens today?

The current surf forecast for Queens at 11AM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). An open ocean swell of 0.4m 3s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)6ft (1.8m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212111111111111101014141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)117912661155112010861042773761805736711573488422338293254216212208623715767976
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offcross-
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
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:47AM
1.21
11:36PM
1.35
12:07PM
1.32
12:28AM
1.48
12:54PM
1.45
1:07AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:47AM
0.91
5:06PM
0.83
6:03AM
0.78
6:09PM
0.73
6:48AM
0.63
6:54PM
0.61
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:07------
Sunset----6:29-------6:27-------6:25---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181820212019181818181920191818171716192122201919
Feels °C (?)171619201817171818181818171717161716192122201919
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