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Strand (Pipe) Surf Forecast
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Strand (Pipe) surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 03 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Strand (Pipe) today?
The current surf forecast for Strand (Pipe) at 10PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 14s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm September 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (03 Sep) | - | - |
| Afternoon (03 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 13s |
| Evening (03 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
Table - waves today at Strand (Pipe). (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 11 AM | 2 PM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 663 | 576 | 427 | 436 | 431 | 459 | 396 | 362 | 355 | 363 | 384 | 462 | 508 | 1059 | 896 | 1063 | 793 | 813 | 1166 | 1433 | 1769 | 1768 | 1502 | 1436 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- on | 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 | glass | cross | cross |
High Tide / height (m) | 12:54AM 1.19 | 1:29PM 1.27 | 1:35AM 1.32 | 2:01PM 1.42 | 2:11AM 1.45 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 6:58PM 0.54 | 7:18AM 0.37 | 7:37PM 0.39 | 7:51AM 0.24 | 8:11PM 0.25 | 8:22AM 0.12 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 03 | Thursday 04 | Friday 05 | Saturday 06 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | 7:00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:58 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:56 | - | - |
| Sunset | 6:27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 17 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 16 | 15 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Continuing clean conditions at Strand (Pipe) (calm at Somerset West 8 km from Strand (Pipe)). 2.1m 13s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
1 h 27 min ago
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