Witsands Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (70 surf breaks) /

South Africa (276 surf breaks)

Surf Forecasts:

Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 13 Nov 2025 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 17.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 12AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.5m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 2.0m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (14 Nov)	6.5ft (2.0m)	6s
Afternoon (14 Nov)	3.5ft (1.0m)	10s
Evening (14 Nov)	2.5ft (0.8m)	11s

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

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12 Days Hourly

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	Thursday 13			Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
	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)	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 See all maps
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSE	SE	W	SSW	W	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	6	6	10	10	11	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	16	16	14	14	13	13	13
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1134	894	787	366	284	346	237	208	164	143	305	400	385	408	442	545	681	515	1178	3285	2822	2094	1671	1569
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross
High Tide / height (m)				11:16PM 1.06				11:36AM 1.25				12:13AM 1.13				12:22PM 1.31				12:55AM 1.20				12:59PM 1.36
Low Tide / height (m)		5:14PM 0.47				5:17AM 0.49				6:11PM 0.39				6:11AM 0.44				6:52PM 0.32				6:53AM 0.39

	Thursday 13			Friday 14								Saturday 15								Sunday 16
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	5:35	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:33	-	-
Sunset	7:24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	19	20	17	17	16	16	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	17	17
Feels °C (?)	11	12	10	12	10	9	12	11	12	12	10	10	9	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	8	7

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