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Strand (Pipe) Surf Forecast
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Strand (Pipe) surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Strand (Pipe) today?
The current surf forecast for Strand (Pipe) at 3AM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.0m 10s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 11s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 6ft (1.8m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Strand (Pipe). (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 1413 | 1141 | 874 | 821 | 724 | 634 | 778 | 778 | 721 | 674 | 776 | 776 | 675 | 553 | 228 | 191 | 112 | 121 | 267 | 248 | 252 | 289 | 294 | 235 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | glass | glass | glass | glass | cross | cross | cross | cross- off | off | off | off | off | glass | cross | cross- off | off | cross- off | cross | cross | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:08AM 1.26 | 1:33PM 1.38 | 1:48AM 1.36 | 2:07PM 1.49 | 2:22AM 1.43 | 2:37PM 1.57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:22AM 0.30 | 7:49PM 0.27 | 7:58AM 0.21 | 8:23PM 0.18 | 8:29AM 0.15 | |||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:38 | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
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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)). 2.6m 12s groundswell from the S to make surfable waves.
1 h 1 min ago
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