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Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 16 Jan 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
16.4° C
 (Which is 3.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Queens today?

The current surf forecast for Queens at 7AM is: 1.1m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 16). An open ocean swell of 1.3m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Afternoon (16 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)10s
Evening (16 Jan)3ft (0.9m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
3
3
4
4
4
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1
SSW
1.1
S
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
2
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)11111010101099910101091010101011121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)45830026025020822616816819418423523535048973892414482647358035403441296826902402
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
S
5
SW
10
WNW
20
W
25
WSW
20
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
S
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:13AM
1.48
2:11PM
1.54
2:47AM
1.57
2:47PM
1.59
3:18AM
1.64
3:21PM
1.65
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:09AM
0.72
8:28PM
0.53
8:45AM
0.64
9:01PM
0.47
9:19AM
0.57
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise---5:50-------5:52-------5:52----
Sunset-------8:00------7:59-------7:59-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C171717181919181817171718202021191918181818181817
Feels °C (?)111314151514131313141517191717161514131313131211
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