Strand (Pipe) Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.12° S 18.83° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Strand (Pipe) surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 14 Nov 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

Strand (Pipe) surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Strand (Pipe) sea temperature is 18.6° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Strand (Pipe) today?

The current surf forecast for Strand (Pipe) at 3PM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 14). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.7m)	10s

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

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	Friday 14					Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
	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	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	2	2	0	1	1	1	3	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSE	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	10	10	10	10	9	6	7	7	8	8	8	12	12	14	14	13	13	13	7	7	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	190	186	85	96	70	226	233	229	282	453	489	970	713	1752	1680	1346	1120	555	553	418	295	273	202	158
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	ESE
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	off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		11:37AM 1.27				12:13AM 1.14				12:23PM 1.33				12:55AM 1.22				12:59PM 1.38				1:30AM 1.28
Low Tide / height (m)				6:12PM 0.40				6:12AM 0.45				6:53PM 0.32				6:53AM 0.40				7:26PM 0.26				7:29AM 0.35

	Friday 14					Saturday 15								Sunday 16								Monday 17
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:31
Sunset	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	25	23	21	18	17	16	15	17	20	20	19	17	15	15	15	18	23	24	23	18	15	14	13	17
Feels °C (?)	21	18	16	15	13	12	11	13	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	12	17	16	15	12	10	9	9	14

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