Sunset Beach Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.82° S 18.48° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Sunset Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 21 Oct 2025 SAST

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Sunset Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sunset Beach sea temperature is 14.2° C
(Which is 2.1°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 2PM is: 1.3m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (21 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	13s
Afternoon (21 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s
Evening (21 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	12s

Table - waves today at Sunset Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	0	0	2	3	4	4	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	18	16	16	15	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	496	511	511	511	580	929	1785	1888	1514	1247	1210	882	813	661	699	534	817	1184	1551	2612	2356	1932	1874	1584
Wind (km/h)	SE	S	S	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ENE	SW	SW	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSW	W	WSW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSE	S	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	on	on	cross	cross	cross	cross	glass	glass	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:08PM 1.77				3:29AM 1.67				3:34PM 1.75				3:55AM 1.65				4:00PM 1.70				4:23AM 1.61
Low Tide / height (m)	8:58AM 0.43				9:20PM 0.35				9:23AM 0.44				9:44PM 0.36				9:49AM 0.47				10:09PM 0.39

	Tuesday 21					Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54
Sunset	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	23	28	27	22	21	19	19	22	24	23	24	19	17	16	16	16	18	17	17	15	15	15	14	15
Feels °C (?)	20	24	24	20	19	17	18	20	21	20	22	17	16	16	17	17	16	13	14	13	13	13	11	12

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sunset Beach (light winds from the SW at Plattekloof Glen wx 11 km from Sunset Beach). 1.2m 12s groundswell from the SW with a 1.1m 7s swell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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Actual: 47 min ago

8 km/h

Clean

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