Underwater Point surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 19 Jul 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
16.1° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Underwater Point today?

The current surf forecast for Underwater Point at 4AM is: 3.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 19). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 6.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Jul)11ft (3.5m)14s
Afternoon (19 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (19 Jul)8ft (2.5m)13s

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

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Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141414131313131313131313161615141413131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)717761525270412636743005263922211952181918191819192221873230419442183181309432782995298222351743
Wind
(km/h)
30
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
E
5
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
SE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
SW
15
SW
15
WSW
10
W
10
NW
10
NW
30
SE
40
SE
45
SE
50
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:11PM
1.31
10:04AM
1.09
10:30PM
1.27
11:31AM
1.12
11:51PM
1.29
12:45PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:50AM
0.39
3:59PM
0.49
5:14AM
0.38
5:31PM
0.48
6:30AM
0.32
6:50PM
0.41
Saturday
19
Sunday
20
Monday
21
Sunrise---7:48-------7:48-------7:47----
Sunset------5:55-------5:57-------5:57-
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Rain (mm)
--------------------1---
Temp. °C121111111214141414141414141414131313141413141413
Feels °C (?)6788101210101110101112111110101012127754
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  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-on at Underwater Point (light winds from the SW at Cape Point (68916 -0) 3 km from Underwater Point). A 3.7m groundswell from the SW are too big for here

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1 h 18 min ago

11 km/h
SW
Cross-On
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