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Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 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
14.4° C
 (Which is 5.2°C colder than average for this time of year)
Nearby Cam: 3km away, Clifton 4th beach webcam Live Stream, Cape Town

How big are the waves at Queens today?

The current surf forecast for Queens at 11AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)10ft (3.0m)12s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
4
3
4
4
3
4
4
4
3
2
1
0
1
2
4
4
3
4
2
2
1
2
3
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.4
WSW
2.4
S
2.5
S
1.8
WSW
2.5
SSE
1.4
WSW
Period(s) (?)11111212121212121212121211111111111111101012912
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2073264731243399345530262738216919841448132311941134171824922275195219381400124513878301027550
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
0
NW
5
NNW
15
NW
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
15
SW
15
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassonononononcrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:00AM
1.77
6:16PM
1.58
6:42AM
1.70
6:58PM
1.47
7:26AM
1.60
7:45PM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17PM
0.51
12:20AM
0.50
1:02PM
0.60
1:00AM
0.60
1:50PM
0.69
1:44AM
0.70
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:43-------5:43-------5:45------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191920202018181817181920212019191819202120201918
Feels °C (?)171717161615161916161618201918181616151513141414
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