Underwater Point surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 04 Mar 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
18.3° C
(Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Underwater Point today?

The current surf forecast for Underwater Point at 8PM is: 2.4m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (04 Mar)6ft (1.9m)10s
Evening (04 Mar)8ft (2.4m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
3
4
4
2
3
3
1
4
2
2
3
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)10101313131212121212111111111111111111101081011
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)6637451607194218531629139212001025928866756787534517423505558551355243104423783133
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
10
SW
15
SSW
10
S
10
SE
5
NE
10
NW
5
NNW
10
N
15
SW
15
SE
20
SE
25
SE
15
ESE
10
N
20
NNW
25
NW
30
NW
30
NW
35
WSW
30
WSW
45
SSW
35
S
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
1.53
4:19AM
1.65
4:35PM
1.49
4:48AM
1.60
5:04PM
1.43
5:16AM
1.51
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:05AM
0.03
10:10PM
0.04
10:35AM
0.05
10:38PM
0.09
11:03AM
0.11
11:05PM
0.17
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Saturday
07
Sunrise-------6:35-------6:37-------6:37
Sunset--7:19-------7:17-------7:16-----
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
light rain
part cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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