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Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 17 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
19.0° C
 (Which is 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 2PM is: 1.8m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 3s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 17). An open ocean swell of 0.2m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (17 Jan)4.5ft (1.3m)10s
Afternoon (17 Jan)6ft (1.8m)10s
Evening (17 Jan)8ft (2.5m)10s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
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)
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
Period(s) (?)101010101010101112121212121212121211111111111010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23529343262493211621764280236463732363331442667236820551818157211911009915791606685609
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
5
WSW
15
WNW
25
W
30
W
30
WSW
30
SSW
30
SSW
25
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
20
SSE
25
S
25
S
40
SSE
40
SE
45
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:45PM
1.36
3:15AM
1.37
3:18PM
1.41
3:46AM
1.45
3:51PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:46AM
0.36
9:05PM
0.20
9:19AM
0.29
9:35PM
0.14
9:52AM
0.24
10:04PM
0.10
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tue
20
Sunrise-5:50-------5:52-------5:52------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00------7:59---
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----1------------------
Temp. °C181819202020181717171718171717171717181919201918
Feels °C (?)161716161514131112131213111111111212141516151310
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