Tweede Steen surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 17 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
14.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Tweede Steen today?

The current surf forecast for Tweede Steen at 7AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 17). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (17 Sep)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (17 Sep)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
3
3
3
4
3
1
1
3
3
3
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
3
3
3
2
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121111111111111111121211121010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)17871881240024592459220920271855164714961182976640553543553652563607686675579377410
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
E
10
SW
20
SW
20
SW
15
S
10
SSE
5
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SSE
10
SW
10
SSW
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:10AM
1.14
12:47PM
1.23
1:07AM
1.25
1:31PM
1.36
1:48AM
1.34
2:06PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:33AM
0.41
7:05PM
0.38
7:20AM
0.30
7:48PM
0.26
7:57AM
0.21
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Sunrise---6:43-------6:41-------6:39----
Sunset------6:37-------6:38-------6:39-
cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C131312121314131312121111141515131312121217192019
Feels °C (?)101010101099101010991212108109101015161818
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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). 2.7m 12s groundswell from the SSW with a 1.9m 11s groundswell from the WSW. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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