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 7 pm Sunday 31 Aug 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 15.6° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sunset Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset Beach at 11PM is: 3.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 31). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (31 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (31 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Evening (31 Aug)	11ft (3.5m)	13s

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

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	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	0	!	!	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	3	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2861	3754	3914	3867	3536	3086	2717	2406	2234	2067	2510	2608	2445	2300	2132	2067	1800	1656	1628	1429	1398	1471	1558	1511
Wind (km/h)	S	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	S	SSW	SSE	E	NE	NNE	N	NW	WNW	W	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SSE	WSW	WSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	on	on
High Tide / height (m)			8:13PM 1.25				9:38AM 1.15				10:11PM 1.20					11:52AM 1.21				12:02AM 1.26				12:52PM 1.34
Low Tide / height (m)					3:07AM 0.84				3:48PM 0.93					5:12AM 0.82				5:56PM 0.87				6:27AM 0.72

	Sunday 31			Monday 01								Tuesday 02								Wednesday 03
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:03	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:01	-	-
Sunset	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	14	13	13	12	12	15	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	18	17	16	14	14	13	13	13	14	15
Feels °C (?)	14	11	10	11	10	10	13	17	17	18	17	17	15	15	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	13	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Recent cross-onshore wind has turned cross-shore at Sunset Beach (light winds from the SSE at Thornton wx 12 km from Sunset Beach). 3.1m 13s groundswell from the SW which is too big for here.
24 minutes ago Sunset Beach

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Actual: 24 min ago

11 km/h

SSE

Cross-Shore

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