Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 31 Mar 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
17.3° C
(Which is 1.5°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: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (31 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
3
3
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.6
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
WSW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)99141410151099141414141313131312121213141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)136120119167241266296272270398453485518778553821796956102612061245138817771632
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
5
E
5
WNW
10
WSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
ESE
15
SE
10
S
5
ESE
10
SSW
15
S
5
SE
5
E
5
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
offglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:25AM
1.79
2:46PM
1.70
2:57AM
1.84
3:16PM
1.74
3:27AM
1.86
3:45PM
1.74
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:44AM
0.36
8:49PM
0.40
9:13AM
0.33
9:17PM
0.38
9:40AM
0.32
9:44PM
0.38
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-6:56-------6:58-------6:58------
Sunset----6:43-------6:42-------6:39---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C181822222120191919192122211920202121242627252522
Feels °C (?)181822212020192019192120181720212122252526252624
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