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Sandy Bay Surf Forecast
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Sandy Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 17 Jul 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Sandy Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Sandy Bay at 6PM is: 5.0m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (17 Jul) | 11ft (3.5m) | 13s |
| Afternoon (17 Jul) | 15ft (4.5m) | 17s |
| Evening (17 Jul) | 18ft (5.5m) | 16s |
Table - waves today at Sandy Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 4936 | 10934 | 13009 | 14712 | 16508 | 16305 | 15491 | 14146 | 12736 | 10804 | 9092 | 7778 | 6699 | 5713 | 4748 | 3894 | 3199 | 2859 | 2542 | 2221 | 1952 | 1703 | 1607 | 1677 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | cross- off |
High Tide / height (m) | 8:05PM 1.38 | 8:44AM 1.13 | 9:11PM 1.31 | 10:05AM 1.10 | 10:29PM 1.27 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 1:36PM 0.35 | 2:36AM 0.35 | 2:38PM 0.44 | 3:50AM 0.38 | 4:00PM 0.49 | 5:14AM 0.37 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 17 | Friday 18 | Saturday 19 | Sunday 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:48 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7:47 |
| Sunset | - | - | 5:55 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:57 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5:57 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Continuing clean conditions at Sandy Bay (calm at Meadowridge wx 11 km from Sandy Bay). A 4.2m long period groundswell from the SW are too big for here
1 h 53 min ago
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