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Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Friday 09 Jan 2026 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
19.4° C
 (Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 10PM is: 1.7m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 9s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 2.5m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Jan)--
Afternoon (09 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)11s
Evening (09 Jan)10ft (3.0m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SSE
1.8
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
2.5
SE
2.4
SE
2.2
SE
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
3
SE
1.5
SW
2.4
SE
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.5
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)1012121277714141371271212122119181616151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1270907701632556524449627740796795667540590503494557863139818031958180120901744
Wind
(km/h)
50
SE
55
SE
50
SE
50
SE
45
SE
40
ESE
30
SE
40
SE
50
SE
50
SE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SE
25
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
20
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:38PM
1.10
8:04AM
1.24
8:35PM
1.01
9:00AM
1.15
9:51PM
0.96
10:13AM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:35AM
0.45
2:36PM
0.50
2:26AM
0.56
3:45PM
0.55
3:40AM
0.63
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Monday
12
Sunrise-----5:45-------5:46-------5:47--
Sunset-8:01-------8:01-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191918181818232323222020202022232221212121222221
Feels °C (?)11109101012191716151415151618201918182022222220
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