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Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 01 May 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
13.7° C
 (Which is 4.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 9AM is: 3.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 23s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.1m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am May 01). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 May)11ft (3.5m)12s
Afternoon (01 May)11ft (3.5m)12s
Evening (01 May)11ft (3.5m)11s

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

Hourly12 Days
Cape Town Surf
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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 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
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
2
2
1
1
2
2
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
2
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
2
3
2
2
2
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
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.1
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SSW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
Period(s) (?)111112121212111111111111111111111111111111111111111111151514141414131313131312121211121013131212111414141616151514141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)2838358038363771357231142654277724012174209020912056202318681768126114521208100889989488281961752445741148557763175484186281286284891489382188978071148045112851341131981412102080163741164014385134273083286625252214
Wind
(km/h)
35
W
35
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
30
ESE
15
E
10
ESE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
E
5
ESE
5
E
5
ENE
5
E
5
S
10
S
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
40
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscross-
off		glasscross-
off		glassglassglasscross-
on		crosscrosscrosscross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:59PM
1.34
6:17AM
1.29
6:57PM
1.23
7:21AM
1.13
8:13PM
1.14
8:49AM
1.03
9:47PM
1.12
10:30AM
1.01
11:08PM
1.17
11:44AM
1.07
12:03AM
1.24
12:34PM
1.14
12:43AM
1.31
1:12PM
1.21
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:45AM
0.19
12:08AM
0.33
12:37PM
0.34
1:12AM
0.46
1:42PM
0.46
2:43AM
0.55
3:10PM
0.54
4:28AM
0.55
4:41PM
0.53
5:45AM
0.49
5:47PM
0.49
6:34AM
0.40
6:34PM
0.43
7:11AM
0.32
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Monday
05
Tuesday
06
Wednesday
07
Thursday
08
Sunrise-7:20-------7:20-------7:22-------7:22-------7:24-------7:24-------7:24-------7:26--
Sunset----6:05-------6:04-------6:02-------6:01-------6:00-------6:00-------6:00-------
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Rain (mm)
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Feels °C (?)8888889108810111110986710131416161515151716151614161516161716161617161615151412121212121110109101112121115
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