Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Saturday 28 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
15.8° C
(Which is 3.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Queens today?

The current surf forecast for Queens at 7PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
0
1
2
2
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1.1
S
0.9
SW
1
S
0.8
S
1.3
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111110111010101012121212101210109111199
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)229321281896165412509901015653589456416637428325294247202183117300119137125120
Wind
(km/h)
10
NW
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
ESE
10
S
15
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:46PM
1.44
1:09AM
1.59
1:35PM
1.55
1:50AM
1.71
2:13PM
1.64
2:25AM
1.79
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:57PM
0.63
7:32AM
0.54
7:41PM
0.53
8:10AM
0.43
8:17PM
0.45
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:56-------6:56
Sunset--6:46-------6:45-------6:44-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
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. °C181920181817171719191919181717161820191818171717
Feels °C (?)171819161716161618171617161616161718161516161717
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