Witsands 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.18° S 18.36° E

Issued: 7 am 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Witsands sea temperature is

17.0°C

Witsands surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Witsands today (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.5m), 14s period with WSW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 8ft (2.4m), 13s period with WSW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 13s period with WSW swell.

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 1PM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	8ft (2.5m)	14s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	8ft (2.4m)	13s
Evening (29 Oct)	7ft (2.2m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Thu morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu night).
	Thursday 29							Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 14
Wave Graph
kJ	2729	2413	2582	2029	1830	1597	1192	1022	864	769	409	1223	876	1000	1000	857	843	828	718	716	625	651	1058
Wind (km/h)	SE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide						5:08PM1.48m				5:41AM1.36m				5:59PM1.34m				6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m
Low Tide			10:56AM0.19m					11:26PM0.16m				11:48AM0.30m				00:19AM0.29m				12:53PM0.42m


	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	18	18	17	16	16
Feels °C	14	15	15	15	14	13	13	11	13	12	14	15	13	14	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	12	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 15	WSW 14	WSW 14	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 13	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 14
kJ	2729	2413	2582	2029	1830	1597	1192	1022	864	769	409	1223	876	1000	1000	857	843	828	718	716	625	651	1058
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	NW 13	SE 8	NW 13	NW 13	NW 12	SW 16	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	WSW 15	WSW 11	SW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SSW 10	SW 14	W 11	W 12
kJ	7	9	7	7	6	67	6	6	6	152	331	152	149	125	85	82	79	75	71	67	221	441	350
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	NW 13	—	—	NW 12	NW 12	ESE 11	W 12	—	NW 12	WSW 15	NW 12	NW 12	NW 12	—	NW 11	NW 11	ESE 10	WSW 16	ESE 9	SSW 10	SSW 10	W 11
kJ	—	7	—	—	6	6	12	3	—	6	275	6	6	5	—	5	5	9	26	8	65	38	2
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 4	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 4	SSE 4	S 6	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	47	49	45	42	37	46	73	94	71	83	67	52	42	56	49	49	52	39	34	75	89	171	165
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Boneyards Cape Town	Scarborough Point Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Voelklip Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	De Kelders Overberg	De Kelders Overberg
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	3	4
Distance (km)	6	2	6	6	408	88	35	35	31	39	167	346	346	74	35	35	31	44	346	346	346	101	101
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Kreefte Reef	Kreefte Reef	Rocklands	Milnerton			Captains	Captains	Captains	Captains					Captains	Beach Road	Captains	Beach Road
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4			4	3	3	3					3	3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Periwinkles Eastern Cape - Wild Coast
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2	3	4
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4	4	4

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