Queens surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 25 Feb 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
16.1° C
(Which is 3.7°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Queens today?

The current surf forecast for Queens at 9AM is: 0.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 6s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction, 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a North-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (25 Feb)2.5ft (0.7m)11s
Evening (25 Feb)6ft (1.8m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
4
3
4
3
1
2
3
3
4
3
4
4
2
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
1.1
WSW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.2
SW
1.7
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
Period(s) (?)12121212121171111131212131212121211111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)324236236197161121114572108722831870188122832113193417691235764802862656582604582
Wind
(km/h)
10
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
5
W
5
SE
10
SW
10
SSW
15
WSW
15
WSW
20
SW
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononglassglasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:41PM
1.33
9:22AM
1.40
10:38PM
1.30
11:22AM
1.39
12:24AM
1.41
12:50PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:50AM
0.81
4:18PM
0.78
5:05AM
0.83
6:06PM
0.72
6:43AM
0.72
7:13PM
0.61
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Sunrise---6:30-------6:31-------6:31----
Sunset------7:28-------7:27-------7:24-
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C201818182121212019181919191919181717171718191918
Feels °C (?)211817172019212221181917161516151514151515151516
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