Strand (Pipe) Surf Forecast

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South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.12° S 18.83° E)

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Strand (Pipe) surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 15 Jul 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 15.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

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

The current surf forecast for Strand (Pipe) at 12AM is: 2.3m 17s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 15). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (16 Jul)	4.5ft (1.3m)	14s
Evening (16 Jul)	7ft (2.1m)	18s

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

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	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wed 23
	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	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	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	4	5	6	7	6	6	3	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	SSE	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	15	12	13	13	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	7	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1032	2395	3146	3224	2712	2329	1826	1463	1311	1279	1225	1172	1273	1541	2030	5283	6184	6100	6690	6917	6747	6471	5841	4861	4003	3601	2917	2515	2181	1852	1583	1432	1204	1002	875	799	679	582	582	591	647	627	541	583	704	869	4444	1765	1313	1228	1018	1722	1144	591	849	992	607	373	318	268
Wind (km/h)	NW	NNW	N	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	NNW	WNW	WNW	NW	W	WSW	WSW	S	SSE	S	SSE	ESE	E	ENE	E	NE	E	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	NE	NW	WNW	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	WSW	SW	SSW	S	S	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	E	E	SE	SSE	ENE	ENE	ENE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	glass	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off
High Tide / height (m)		6:26PM 1.51				6:44AM 1.30				7:11PM 1.46				7:37AM 1.22					8:04PM 1.39				8:43AM 1.14				9:10PM 1.32				10:04AM 1.11				10:30PM 1.28					11:31AM 1.13				11:51PM 1.30				12:45PM 1.21				1:01AM 1.36				1:45PM 1.32				1:58AM 1.42
Low Tide / height (m)				12:43AM 0.27				12:46PM 0.26				1:34AM 0.31				1:36PM 0.35					2:35AM 0.36				2:38PM 0.44				3:50AM 0.39				3:59PM 0.50					5:14AM 0.38				5:31PM 0.49				6:31AM 0.33				6:50PM 0.42				7:32AM 0.24				7:52PM 0.32

	Tuesday 15			Wednesday 16								Thursday 17								Friday 18								Saturday 19								Sunday 20								Monday 21								Tuesday 22								Wed 23
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:43	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:52	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:53	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:55	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:57	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	4	3	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	13	12	12	11	11	14	16	16	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	14	14	13	11	10	10	11	12	15	18	17	15	15	14	14	13	15	17	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	8	7	10	13	13	11	11	11
Feels °C (?)	12	11	9	9	8	7	9	10	11	9	7	7	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	12	10	9	8	7	7	9	9	13	16	15	13	13	12	13	11	13	14	12	10	7	7	5	7	6	6	7	8	7	6	4	3	7	11	11	8	8	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Strand (Pipe) (calm at Somerset West 8 km from Strand (Pipe)). 2.7m 13s groundswell from the SW with a 2.7m 13s groundswell from the SW and a 1.1m 17s long period groundswell from the SSW. Swells combining to make to make bigger set waves.
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