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Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 07 Jan 2026 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 3.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 11AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.4m 14s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (07 Jan)11ft (3.5m)12s

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

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Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
3
0
0
0
3
2
4
3
2
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
2.5
WSW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
2.1
WSW
2.5
S
3
SSE
1.6
WSW
2.5
SE
Period(s) (?)1111121212121212121212121111111111111111107127
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)25293067372337943681329528792290168615731423929178922042767249221951713229710641357819701643
Wind
(km/h)
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
5
SSW
15
NW
20
NW
30
NNW
30
NW
25
W
20
SW
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
40
SSE
45
SSE
50
SE
55
SE
50
SE
50
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrossglasscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		oncross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:56AM
1.51
6:10PM
1.31
6:36AM
1.44
6:52PM
1.20
7:18AM
1.34
7:38PM
1.10
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:12PM
0.24
12:15AM
0.23
12:56PM
0.33
12:53AM
0.34
1:43PM
0.42
1:35AM
0.45
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Sat
10
Sunrise-5:41-------5:43-------5:43------
Sunset-----8:01-------8:01-------8:01--
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191919191918181818181920212020191919191919191918
Feels °C (?)17161515141415181614151619181816151412111010119
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