Sunset Beach Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

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

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Sunset Beach surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 01 Jul 2025 SAST

Forecast update in hr min s Forecast update imminent

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 14.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 10PM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (01 Jul)	-	-
Afternoon (01 Jul)	8ft (2.4m)	12s
Evening (01 Jul)	8ft (2.5m)	11s

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

Hourly 12 Days

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	Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02								Thursday 03								Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wed 09
	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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	3	4	4	1	0	0	2	2	2	3	4	2	0	0	1	!	!	!	!	!	!	1	2	2	!	0	0	0	0	!	!	3	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	1877	1815	1718	1779	2201	3393	2769	2627	2457	2267	2409	2364	2397	2292	2844	2577	2399	2385	2469	2421	2122	2108	1488	1203	1280	2122	2969	4598	4189	3689	3405	3010	3135	4336	4020	4864	4055	4556	4475	4125	3860	3889	3562	3253	3038	3078	3277	3480	3512	3186	2787	2612	2343	2083	1922	1849	1877	2291	3376	3381
Wind (km/h)	N	N	N	N	N	NNE	NNE	W	SSW	SSE	SSE	SE	ESE	ENE	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	W	NW	NNW	NNW	NNW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NNW	S	ESE	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	ENE	NE	NE	NNE	WNW	W	W	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	NW	WNW	WNW	N	NNE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	on	on	on	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	glass	off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	glass	glass	off
High Tide / height (m)		7:56PM 1.50					8:17AM 1.28				8:48PM 1.43				9:20AM 1.23				9:48PM 1.39				10:33AM 1.22				10:53PM 1.37					11:46AM 1.24				11:54PM 1.39				12:46PM 1.30				12:47AM 1.42				1:34PM 1.37				1:32AM 1.47					2:15PM 1.45
Low Tide / height (m)					2:25AM 0.70				2:17PM 0.71				3:25AM 0.73				3:17PM 0.76				4:30AM 0.74				4:25PM 0.80					5:33AM 0.71				5:34PM 0.80				6:28AM 0.66				6:33PM 0.77				7:14AM 0.60				7:24PM 0.72				7:55AM 0.53					8:08PM 0.66

	Tuesday 01			Wednesday 02								Thursday 03								Friday 04								Saturday 05								Sunday 06								Monday 07								Tuesday 08								Wed 09
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:50	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:50	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:51	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	2	7	13	12	3	1	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	6	14	19	9	4	3	2	-	-	3	3	3	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	14	14	14	14	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	13	14	14	15	14	12	14	15	14	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11
Feels °C (?)	13	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	14	12	12	13	13	12	10	4	7	11	11	11	10	8	8	7	6	4	4	5	9	11	12	10	9	8	8	7	7	5	7	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	12	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	11	9

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