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Witsands surf break

Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 10 Mar 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
18.6° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 3AM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.7m)14s
Afternoon (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s
Evening (11 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)16s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
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
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
3
3
3
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
2
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.4
SE
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)11715151414131313131612121313131212121213191817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2461812092092031792152502462902803804233423152614162432824033043157511069
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
E
5
WNW
5
SW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		glassononcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.00
7:30AM
1.02
8:40PM
0.90
9:31AM
0.93
11:35PM
0.93
11:50AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
0.62
2:01PM
0.64
2:28AM
0.73
4:56PM
0.66
5:55AM
0.70
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:41-------6:43--
Sunset7:12-------7:09-------7:08-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C272930293031313127303131282625252422232221222222
Feels °C (?)252728272829303027303030272525252422232220222121
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