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Strand (Pipe) surf break

Strand (Pipe) surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 23 Nov 2025 SAST
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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
14.9° C
 (Which is 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Strand (Pipe) at 8PM is: 1.5m 9s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 0.8m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)12s
Afternoon (23 Nov)2ft (0.6m)16s
Evening (23 Nov)5ft (1.5m)9s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
2
3
3
3
1
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
1
1
3
4
4
4
3
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.5
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
SSE
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.9
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)18161691616151514141514141313131212161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)153169254329421532505614529676816614597458400388403384653113314841505837711
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
20
S
30
S
30
SSE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
E
10
SSW
10
SW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
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		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:40PM
1.33
5:11AM
1.29
5:15PM
1.27
5:51AM
1.25
5:55PM
1.20
6:40AM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:36AM
0.36
10:55PM
0.27
11:11AM
0.42
11:30PM
0.33
11:53AM
0.48
12:12AM
0.39
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-------5:28-------5:26-------5:26
Sunset--7:32-------7:34-------7:35-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222423191716161925242319181716223030292521191821
Feels °C (?)171818161515151721191916151513202828262320171719
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