Tweede Steen surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 19 Sep 2025 SAST
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Tweede Steen surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Tweede Steen sea temperature is
14.6° C
(Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Tweede Steen today?

The current surf forecast for Tweede Steen at 3AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.7m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 19). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Sep)5ft (1.5m)12s
Afternoon (19 Sep)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (19 Sep)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
2
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.6
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
S
1
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.6
S
0.6
S
0.6
SW
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.5
S
0.4
SSE
0.7
W
0.8
W
0.8
W
0.7
W
Period(s) (?)1111121212121010101010121212139131212128887
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)663734760617718658385356360201122137134101117648475724655727151
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
S
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
N
20
NW
15
WNW
10
W
5
SW
5
ESE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
WSW
5
WSW
15
WSW
10
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassononcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:48AM
1.34
2:06PM
1.47
2:22AM
1.41
2:36PM
1.55
2:52AM
1.46
3:04PM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:57AM
0.21
8:22PM
0.17
8:28AM
0.15
8:52PM
0.11
8:57AM
0.11
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Sunrise---6:39-------6:39-------6:37----
Sunset------6:39-------6:39-------6:40-
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131312131822212120171515161615141413131316171614
Feels °C (?)10109101620181918151313131413141412121315161313
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Tweede Steen (calm at Plattekloof Glen wx 17 km from Tweede Steen). 1.6m 10s swell from the SSW with a 0.8m 4s local chop from the S and a 0.4m 10s swell from the W. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.

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5 km/h
SSW
0.0
14.6
Air / Water (°C)
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