Van Riebeek Surf Forecast

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Van Riebeek Surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Friday 26 Feb 2021 SAST

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Van Riebeek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Van Riebeek sea temperature is 12.6 °C (Statistics for 26 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 19.5 max: 20.9 min: 18.5 °C)

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Van Riebeek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Van Riebeek sea temperature is 12.6 °C (Statistics for 26 Feb 1981-2005 - mean: 19.5 max: 20.9 min: 18.5 °C)

Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update The cross-on wind has turned onshore at Muizenberg (strong winds from the SSE at Slangkop 16 km from Muizenberg). 1.2m 11 s period swell from SSW with 2.0m 6 s period wind swell from SE
1 hour 29 minutes ago Muizenberg

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How big are the waves at Van Riebeek today?

The current surf forecast for Van Riebeek at 3PM is: 1.8m 7s primary swell from a South direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.6m 19s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm February 26). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (26 Feb)	7ft (2.1m)	7s
Afternoon (26 Feb)	6ft (1.8m)	7s
Evening (26 Feb)	8ft (2.4m)	8s

Table - waves today at Van Riebeek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy
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Summary
Rain (mm)
Temp. °C
Chill °C (?)
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Friday 26					Saturday 27								Sunday 28								Mon 01
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	5 AM


S	S	S	SW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSE	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SSW
8	7	7	18	8	17	16	15	15	14	14	14	8	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11

399	349	524	727	716	919	957	1014	1067	996	955	743	655	569	462	447	377	299	289	235	197	182	154
SSE	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SW	SSW	SSE	ESE	NNE	N
cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	on	on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
		3:02PM 1.52				3:25AM 1.61				3:39PM 1.58				4:00AM 1.69				4:16PM 1.60				4:36AM 1.72
8:58AM 0.14				9:12PM 0.02				9:34AM 0.04				9:47PM -0.03				10:11AM -0.02				10:22PM -0.04
Note: the tide data above is for Beach Road which is 4 km away. Surf properties and timing are calculated for Van Riebeek.New forecast is published every 6 hours at www.surf-forecast.com. See detailed tide info and graph Offshore winds at Van Riebeek blow from the NE

Friday 26					Saturday 27								Sunday 28								Mon 01
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	5 AM

clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
23	25	24	22	20	18	17	18	23	26	27	25	20	19	18	20	27	28	31	28	25	24	20
23	25	24	22	20	18	16	18	23	26	27	25	20	19	18	20	27	28	31	28	25	24	20
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:31	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:23	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:22	-	-	-	-

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