Van Riebeek Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.70° S 18.44° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Van Riebeek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 05 Nov 2025 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 12.9° C
(Which is 3.9°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Van Riebeek today?

The current surf forecast for Van Riebeek at 5AM is: 2.1m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.4m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 05). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (05 Nov)	5ft (1.6m)	11s
Afternoon (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	11s
Evening (05 Nov)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

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

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		Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
	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	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	!	!	!	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	!	1	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SW	S	SSE
Period(s) (?)	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	9	8	11	7	7
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1475	1234	1065	640	524	471	382	700	689	573	472	371	406	302	481	397	335	232	374	193	236	115	110	118
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	S	S	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	S	S	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross
High Tide / height (m)			2:36AM 1.57				2:46PM 1.73				3:18AM 1.59				3:29PM 1.71				4:01AM 1.57				4:14PM 1.63
Low Tide / height (m)	8:27PM -0.08				8:37AM 0.05				9:08PM -0.11				9:20AM 0.04				9:50PM -0.08				10:04AM 0.08

		Wednesday 05								Thursday 06								Friday 07
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:16	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:19	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	17	16	15	17	21	23	20	20	18	17	16	18	23	27	27	23	18	16	15	18	27	31	31	26
Feels °C (?)	15	15	14	16	19	19	15	15	15	15	13	14	20	24	22	19	14	13	13	15	25	27	26	23

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