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Tweede Steen surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 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
14.5° C
 (Which is 5.5°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 5PM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm January 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (28 Jan)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
3
4
4
2
1
2
1
2
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SSW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SSW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313121212121212121111111210101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)253521542154215427572460231321401734156816881131103112361029857754553506542302330348328
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
25
SSW
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
15
SW
20
SW
25
S
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SE
5
S
15
SW
20
SSW
25
SSW
25
S
20
S
15
S
10
SSE
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		glassoncross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
1.22
12:17AM
1.14
12:35PM
1.29
1:24AM
1.27
1:38PM
1.39
2:15AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59PM
0.39
6:22AM
0.47
7:10PM
0.28
7:32AM
0.34
8:03PM
0.17
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise-------6:03-------6:05-------6:05
Sunset--7:53-------7:52-------7:52-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212221191817161823242521222019212325242121202021
Feels °C (?)181816141415151721212220222020232223211921202121
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