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Sandy Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 21 Nov 2025 SAST
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Sandy Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sandy Bay sea temperature is
13.1° C
 (Which is 4.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sandy Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 1AM is: 1.8m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 2.0m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Nov)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (22 Nov)4.5ft (1.3m)12s
Evening (22 Nov)8ft (2.4m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
2.4
S
2.5
S
2.2
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
S
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2.2
SSW
1.2
SW
2.4
SSW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121277711111012111116161515151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)131912101006944712646531531530592442471471546114610141162757278522932264135814802202
Wind
(km/h)
45
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
30
SSE
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		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:36PM
1.41
4:03AM
1.36
4:08PM
1.37
4:36AM
1.32
4:41PM
1.31
5:12AM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:52PM
0.18
10:04AM
0.31
10:23PM
0.22
10:37AM
0.36
10:55PM
0.27
11:12AM
0.41
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Sunrise-----5:31-------5:30-------5:30--
Sunset7:32-------7:34-------7:35-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818171718222120191918181920201918181717172020
Feels °C (?)121112121315181614121313131314151413141414151816
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