Underwater Point Surf Forecast

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South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Underwater Point surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 14 Sep 2025 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 15.7° 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 10AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 22s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 14). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Sep)	10ft (3.0m)	14s
Afternoon (14 Sep)	8ft (2.4m)	13s
Evening (14 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	13s

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

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	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed 17
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	5	3	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	3665	3017	2380	2036	1659	1435	1249	1129	1305	1392	1499	1551	1684	2566	6987	9589	11780	9465	7121	6059	5245	4880	2323	2850
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	S	SW	SW	W	WNW	NW	NW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	WNW	WNW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	S	S
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)		7:52AM 1.09					8:28PM 1.12				9:45AM 1.02				10:34PM 1.07					11:42AM 1.09				12:11AM 1.14
Low Tide / height (m)				1:58PM 0.53					3:13AM 0.53				4:09PM 0.60					5:18AM 0.52				6:05PM 0.52

	Sunday 14							Monday 15								Tuesday 16								Wed 17
Sunrise	-	6:47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:46	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:45	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:36	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:37	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	15	15	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Feels °C (?)	11	12	14	12	11	12	12	11	10	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	6	7	8	8	9	9

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update The wind is still cross-off at Underwater Point (light winds from the SSE at SHIP3119 16 km from Underwater Point). A 2.5m groundswell from the SW
2 hours 13 minutes ago Underwater Point

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16 km away, 2 h 13 min ago

14 km/h

SSE

0.0

15.7

Air / Water (°C)

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