Sunset Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Sunset surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 25 Aug 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 15.4° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sunset today?

The current surf forecast for Sunset at 10PM is: 2.2m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (25 Aug)	-	-
Afternoon (25 Aug)	8ft (2.5m)	12s
Evening (25 Aug)	7ft (2.2m)	13s

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

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	Monday 25			Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
	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	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	3	4	4	2
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	14	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	17
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	2114	1953	1791	1434	1233	1078	1077	883	849	681	743	507	528	557	607	593	647	864	1015	941	984	1200	1671	2990
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross
High Tide / height (m)	4:34PM 1.58				4:47AM 1.42					5:02PM 1.53				5:16AM 1.36				5:30PM 1.45				5:45AM 1.27
Low Tide / height (m)			10:48PM 0.13				10:50AM 0.15					11:17PM 0.19				11:16AM 0.23				11:44PM 0.26				11:43AM 0.32

	Monday 25			Tuesday 26								Wednesday 27								Thursday 28
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	7:13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:11	-	-
Sunset	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15
Feels °C (?)	12	10	8	7	6	6	6	8	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	12	13	15	13

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Still cross-shore at Sunset (light winds from the SSW at Slangkop 5 km from Sunset). 2.3m 12s groundswell from the SW to make surfable waves.
2 hours 6 minutes ago Sunset

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2 h 6 min ago

13 km/h

SSW

Cross-Shore

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