Witsands surf break

Witsands surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Sunday 07 Dec 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
17.1° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Witsands today?

The current surf forecast for Witsands at 1AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 20s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.2m 5s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm December 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Dec)6ft (1.8m)12s
Afternoon (08 Dec)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (08 Dec)7ft (2.1m)12s

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

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Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121212121212121212111111111111111112121010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)120912091031960884869944944107612341213111112261183108712571072866701756760699523469
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
S
20
SSE
35
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
45
SE
40
SE
35
ESE
25
SE
40
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:55PM
1.48
5:29AM
1.47
5:45PM
1.36
6:19AM
1.40
6:37PM
1.24
7:14AM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:12PM
0.11
11:41AM
0.24
11:59PM
0.21
12:37PM
0.33
12:48AM
0.32
1:39PM
0.42
Sunday
07
Monday
08
Tuesday
09
Wednesday
10
Sunrise-----5:26-------5:26-------5:26--
Sunset7:47-------7:47-------7:49-------
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191818181718191920201919202020181817171717182021
Feels °C (?)141313141315171618191819212018131210101010121515
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