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Underwater Point surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 10 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
19.3° 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: 1.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 10). An open ocean swell of 1.4m 7s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)4ft (1.2m)11s
Afternoon (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (10 Mar)2ft (0.6m)15s

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

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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
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)
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
2
2
3
3
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.6
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)111111111115151514141313131316121213131312121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)379379335288246168209209203179215250246290280380423342315261416243287309
Wind
(km/h)
35
ESE
30
ESE
20
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
15
SW
5
SE
5
ENE
10
SE
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
10
SSE
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		offcross-
on		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:43AM
1.15
7:10PM
1.01
7:29AM
1.02
8:37PM
0.90
9:28AM
0.93
11:35PM
0.93
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:59PM
0.53
1:01AM
0.61
2:00PM
0.64
2:25AM
0.73
4:55PM
0.67
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Fri
13
Sunrise-6:39-------6:41-------6:41------
Sunset----7:10-------7:09-------7:08---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C192025272527272627283130252930302724232222222121
Feels °C (?)141622232224242325273027252929292624242322222019
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