Underwater Point surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 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
20.2° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Underwater Point today?

The current surf forecast for Underwater Point at 7PM is: 2.0m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.4m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.6m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
1
1
3
3
3
4
2
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
4
3
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
Period(s) (?)131413131313131313131212111112121217161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2166213515841245957102172485272664965063861756359359359362582311641262202720041704
Wind
(km/h)
25
ESE
30
SE
40
SE
45
SE
35
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
ESE
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
S
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
5
E
15
N
20
NNW
25
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:04PM
1.15
6:13AM
1.14
6:48PM
1.05
6:59AM
1.03
8:07PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
0.38
12:01AM
0.50
12:29PM
0.49
12:43AM
0.61
1:25PM
0.59
2:08AM
0.70
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03
Sunset--6:32-------6:31-------6:30-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161918181817182022222120202020192021212224252322
Feels °C (?)121411101212151821202020202018181919192024232019
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