Witsands surf break

Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 10 Dec 2025 SAST
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Witsands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Witsands sea temperature is
17.1° C
(Which is 1.9°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 6PM is: 2.3m 7s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.4m 10s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.3m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm December 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Dec)5ft (1.6m)11s
Afternoon (10 Dec)7ft (2.1m)7s
Evening (10 Dec)7ft (2.1m)7s

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

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Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
2.3
SE
2.3
SE
1.9
SE
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SSW
0.4
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
Period(s) (?)10107771010109999201918171716161615141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)513424471466330324279296258253247221140376635109814531737198322142425657967775980
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
40
SE
45
SE
40
SE
30
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
5
ESE
10
WSW
15
SSW
20
SW
15
SW
10
NW
25
NW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NW
30
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
WSW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
ononononcrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:36PM
1.12
8:15AM
1.26
8:46PM
1.04
9:21AM
1.21
10:05PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:39PM
0.42
1:43AM
0.42
2:50PM
0.48
2:47AM
0.50
4:06PM
0.50
4:00AM
0.55
Wednesday
10
Thursday
11
Friday
12
Saturday
13
Sunrise-------5:28-------5:28-------5:28
Sunset--7:50-------7:51-------7:51-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
rain showers
light rain
light rain
clear
light rain
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
Rain (mm)
----------------221-11-1
Temp. °C202120211918181920212120201918181819191817171716
Feels °C (?)151513151514161919202020201715141415131312111212
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