Underwater Point surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 28 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
18.4° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Underwater Point today?

The current surf forecast for Underwater Point at 1PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
4
4
4
4
2
3
2
2
1
1
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.6
WSW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1011111111111110111010101313121291010109111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)904168226432334209015521168990936745589450102157648032527426622315414279119163
Wind
(km/h)
25
WNW
20
NW
20
WNW
20
W
20
WSW
15
SW
10
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
25
SE
30
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
1.19
1:05AM
1.33
1:27PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.45
2:05PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
0.43
6:52PM
0.36
7:26AM
0.30
7:35PM
0.25
8:04AM
0.18
8:10PM
0.17
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise-6:54-------6:54-------6:56------
Sunset----6:46-------6:45-------6:44---
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181818191918181818181819191918181717171818181817
Feels °C (?)141515161616171817171718171614141314151514131313
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