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Witsands surf break

Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 20 Nov 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
14.6° C
 (Which is 3.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 10PM is: 3.0m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.6m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Evening (20 Nov)10ft (3.0m)15s

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

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Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
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
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
2.5
SSE
1.5
SW
2.5
SSE
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.8
S
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
Period(s) (?)1415151514141413131313121212127127121210121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)267136783286319730672573207318901619137412591003785700597578631659514533618133211661032
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
40
SSE
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SSE
45
SSE
50
SE
50
SE
50
SE
45
SE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
45
SSE
50
SSE
55
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
1.44
3:31AM
1.38
3:36PM
1.41
4:03AM
1.36
4:08PM
1.37
4:36AM
1.32
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.16
9:33AM
0.28
9:52PM
0.18
10:04AM
0.31
10:23PM
0.22
10:37AM
0.36
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise-----5:31-------5:30-------5:30--
Sunset7:31-------7:32-------7:34-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181718181918181818171821201919181819191919
Feels °C (?)13121212111211129101011101216131111111214131314
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