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 1 am Wednesday 22 Oct 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 16.1° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 3AM is: 1.9m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (22 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	14s
Afternoon (22 Oct)	6.5ft (2.0m)	13s
Evening (22 Oct)	6ft (1.8m)	12s

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

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		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
	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
Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	4	3	1	3	1	2	1	2	3	1	2	2	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	12	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1055	1498	2146	1972	1615	1326	1191	986	800	786	675	635	1467	3097	3221	3187	3013	2494	2574	2306	2011	1713	1627	1208
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	NNE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	WSW	WSW	WSW	WSW	SSW	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	cross- on	on	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)			3:21AM 1.44				3:27PM 1.52				3:49AM 1.42				3:54PM 1.47				4:17AM 1.38				4:23PM 1.40
Low Tide / height (m)	9:16PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.19				9:42PM 0.11				9:49AM 0.22				10:09PM 0.16				10:16AM 0.27

		Wednesday 22								Thursday 23								Friday 24
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:54	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:06	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:07	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	18	17	18	21	19	19	19	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	16	15	14
Feels °C (?)	13	13	16	20	18	17	18	16	16	16	16	16	14	13	13	15	12	11	12	11	11	11	9	8

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Witsands (calm at Shoebury Heights wx 19 km from Witsands). 2.0m 16s long period groundswell from the SSW with a 1.7m 6s windswell from the SE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
43 minutes ago Witsands

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19 km away, 43 min ago

0 km/h

NNE

0.0

16.1

Air / Water (°C)

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