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Underwater Point surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 28 Jan 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 normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Underwater Point today?

The current surf forecast for Underwater Point at 1PM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 28). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Afternoon (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s
Evening (28 Jan)10ft (3.0m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
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)
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
1
2
1
1
2
0
0
2
2
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313131312121212121212111111111110
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2995271927192719291127192419241921402107182415681439122011121025865765685573497368462308
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
45
SE
45
SE
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
SE
40
SE
40
SSE
45
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:12AM
1.22
12:17AM
1.13
12:36PM
1.29
1:25AM
1.26
1:39PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:59PM
0.40
6:22AM
0.47
7:11PM
0.29
7:32AM
0.35
8:04PM
0.17
Wednesday
28
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Sat
31
Sunrise-6:01-------6:03-------6:03------
Sunset----7:54-------7:53-------7:52---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919191919181818182019202121201919202121212120
Feels °C (?)151515141413111011111514141517161617192020192018
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