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Witsands surf break

Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 01 Jan 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
16.3° C
 (Which is 3.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 4AM is: 1.0m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 10s secondary swell from a West direction, 0.8m 4s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 01). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)13s
Afternoon (01 Jan)5ft (1.5m)13s
Evening (01 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1
SW
0.7
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
WSW
1
WSW
1.2
SW
1.4
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
Period(s) (?)101014131313131212121212121918181616161514141413
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)20020017933033072169964542842842136131944165989510051305124117971748148413141018
Wind
(km/h)
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SSW
10
S
10
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SSE
35
SE
35
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
50
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Thursday
01
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunrise---5:37-------5:37-------5:39----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212020202121212121202020212121212020202020202020
Feels °C (?)191819192019192021212121211919201818171615141313
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