Witsands surf break

Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 07 Jul 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
16.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)


How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 9AM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jul)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jul)8ft (2.5m)14s
Evening (07 Jul)8ft (2.4m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.2
S
2.2
S
2.1
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.5
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
5
WSW
5
SW
5
SW
5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121213141414141414141414131111111113131313131414141413131313141415151615141414141414141414141414131313131212121211111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)32783088340637633547319828342500246222081875156915461405144915231720257530463467391152547712797072836821605956335246487350195633734993931072211387103069530834075637644752069496632593749104370429533472695225316021381982895773658651859782
Wind
(km/h)
10
W
10
W
10
NW
15
NNW
10
NW
10
NNW
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NW
5
NNW
10
ENE
10
NNE
15
NNW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NW
30
NW
20
NW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SE
10
SE
15
ESE
5
SE
5
WSW
15
W
20
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
40
WNW
40
NW
35
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
30
WSW
25
SW
25
SW
20
S
20
SSE
20
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crossglasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrossoncross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
crossoncross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:25PM
1.14
1:28AM
1.25
2:07PM
1.22
2:10AM
1.31
2:45PM
1.29
2:49AM
1.36
3:21PM
1.36
3:26AM
1.41
3:57PM
1.42
4:02AM
1.43
4:32PM
1.47
4:39AM
1.43
5:09PM
1.50
5:18AM
1.40
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:14AM
0.40
7:25PM
0.49
7:57AM
0.33
8:09PM
0.42
8:34AM
0.26
8:48PM
0.36
9:10AM
0.20
9:25PM
0.30
9:44AM
0.15
10:02PM
0.26
10:17AM
0.12
10:39PM
0.24
10:51AM
0.12
11:18PM
0.23
11:27AM
0.14
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Friday
11
Saturday
12
Sunday
13
Monday
14
Sunrise-7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50--
Sunset----5:50-------5:50-------5:51-------5:51-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141413131212121314151516161615151615141313131313131414141414151414131313121212121212121110101011131314141312121313
Feels °C (?)1111111112111110109101113131312101010111110910101012121110875675566667765545678989987799
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