Sunset Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Sunset surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 19 Oct 2025 SAST

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

Today's Sunset sea temperature is 16.3° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sunset today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset at 1AM is: 3.0m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.3m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm October 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	14s
Evening (20 Oct)	5.5ft (1.7m)	13s

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

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	Sunday 19			Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	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)	4	3	3	4	4	4	2	2	1	3	1	2	2	3	2	1	0	1	3	3	4	4	4	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	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	5805	5113	4471	3817	2746	2350	2053	1665	1423	1086	802	802	732	721	590	570	570	700	930	1356	2117	1836	1519	1326
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	2:05PM 1.51				2:26AM 1.41				2:32PM 1.54				2:54AM 1.44				2:59PM 1.54				3:21AM 1.44
Low Tide / height (m)			8:24PM 0.13				8:28AM 0.20				8:51PM 0.10				8:55AM 0.19				9:16PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.19

	Sunday 19			Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-
Sunset	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	16	16	14	14	13	14	17	18	17	19	15	14	14	15	18	21	18	18	17	16	16	17	19	19
Feels °C (?)	7	7	6	8	7	10	12	12	9	13	7	7	7	9	13	16	11	12	11	11	13	15	17	16

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Sunset (calm at Shoebury Heights wx 14 km from Sunset). 2.7m 15s groundswell from the SW with a 2.0m 6s windswell from the SE. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
2 hours 9 minutes ago Sunset

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