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Underwater Point surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 08 Jan 2026 SAST
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Underwater Point surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Underwater Point sea temperature is
19.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Underwater Point today?

The current surf forecast for Underwater Point at 12PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)8ft (2.4m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)7ft (2.1m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)10ft (3.0m)11s

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

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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.5
S
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121111111111111111101212121211141414131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)171514951323929172019692501224418671545140712741257907701623446359330569561796679617
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
30
NW
35
NW
35
NW
30
W
25
SW
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
45
SE
50
SSE
55
SE
55
SE
55
SE
55
ESE
55
ESE
50
ESE
40
SE
55
SE
60
SE
60
SE
55
ESE
50
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		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-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:36AM
1.44
6:51PM
1.21
7:18AM
1.34
7:37PM
1.10
8:04AM
1.24
8:33PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:56PM
0.33
12:53AM
0.34
1:42PM
0.42
1:34AM
0.45
2:36PM
0.50
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:41-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset-----8:01-------8:01-------8:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181920212120191919191919191918181918222222212020
Feels °C (?)1514151718181615141312111010991010151413121213
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