Sections Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Sections surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 04 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Sections surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sections sea temperature is 14.6° C
(Which is 2.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sections today?

The current surf forecast for Sections at 7PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 04). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (04 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	11s
Afternoon (04 Nov)	7ft (2.2m)	12s
Evening (04 Nov)	7ft (2.1m)	12s

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

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	Tuesday 04					Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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
Rating (10 max)	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SSE	WSW	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE
Period(s) (?)	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	13	13	12	12	7	12	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1236	1302	1420	1193	1092	914	770	640	524	471	361	700	679	607	513	465	418	611	851	703	558	436	285	278
Wind (km/h)	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	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)			2:05PM 1.70				2:36AM 1.57				2:46PM 1.73				3:18AM 1.59				3:29PM 1.71				4:00AM 1.56
Low Tide / height (m)					8:27PM -0.08				8:37AM 0.05				9:08PM -0.11				9:19AM 0.04				9:50PM -0.07

	Tuesday 04					Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41
Sunset	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	18	18	17	16	16	15	16	19	19	18	19	17	17	17	17	21	22	23	19	17	15	15	16
Feels °C (?)	14	15	13	12	11	12	11	12	15	13	10	11	11	9	10	12	16	14	14	11	11	11	12	13

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