Witsands Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks)

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Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr 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) & Date	Wave Height	Wave 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)

Hourly 12 Days

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	Monday 07							Tuesday 08								Wednesday 09								Thursday 10								Friday 11								Saturday 12								Sunday 13								Monday 14
	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	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	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
Rating (10 max)	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	3	3	5	7	7	7	6	5	4	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	3	2	3	5	5	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	12	12	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	11	11	11	11	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	3278	3088	3406	3763	3547	3198	2834	2500	2462	2208	1875	1569	1546	1405	1449	1523	1720	2575	3046	3467	3911	5254	7712	7970	7283	6821	6059	5633	5246	4873	5019	5633	7349	9393	10722	11387	10306	9530	8340	7563	7644	7520	6949	6632	5937	4910	4370	4295	3347	2695	2253	1602	1381	982	895	773	658	651	859	782
Wind (km/h)	W	W	NW	NNW	NW	NNW	N	N	N	N	NNW	NW	NNW	ENE	NNE	NNW	NNW	NNW	NW	NW	NW	SSW	S	SE	SE	ESE	SE	WSW	W	WNW	NW	NW	WNW	NW	W	W	W	W	WSW	SW	SW	S	SSE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	glass	cross- off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross	cross	on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross
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	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	15	15	16	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	11	13	13	14	14	13	12	12	13	13
Feels °C (?)	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	10	10	9	10	11	13	13	13	12	10	10	10	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	12	12	11	10	8	7	5	6	7	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	6	5	5	4	5	6	7	8	9	8	9	9	8	7	7	9	9

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