Strand (Pipe) surf break

Strand (Pipe) surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Monday 06 Apr 2026 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
19.6° C
(Which is 1.2°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 8PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.6m 17s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (06 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)8ft (2.5m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
4
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
S
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)141414131313131313121213131312121313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)40613669326724492154213515811556158414861164110912881163827799746551455353347285280221
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
SE
15
S
20
SSE
15
ESE
15
E
15
E
10
ENE
5
ENE
5
W
10
WSW
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
offoffoffoffglassoncross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:31PM
1.27
5:38AM
1.27
6:04PM
1.17
6:11AM
1.16
6:47PM
1.06
6:58AM
1.04
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:22AM
0.29
11:29PM
0.40
11:51AM
0.39
12:00AM
0.50
12:27PM
0.50
12:42AM
0.62
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise-------7:01-------7:01-------7:01
Sunset--6:32-------6:31-------6:30-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919161515141421252421191921232830262221202021
Feels °C (?)161515131212121220222119171719212627252120192021
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