Cape Town Sea Conditions table showing wave height, swell direction and period.
High and low tide times are also provided on the table along with the moon phase and forecast weather. Sunrise today is at 07:24 AM and sunset is at 06:00 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 13°C on Sun morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri night. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 18°C on Tue morning, min 14°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 1:33PM1.66m | 1:45AM1.86m | 2:16PM1.74m | 2:28AM1.92m | 2:57PM1.78m | 3:08AM1.92m | 3:36PM1.78m | 3:48AM1.87m | 4:16PM1.75m | 4:28AM1.78m | 4:57PM1.68m | 5:08AM1.66m | 5:39PM1.59m | 5:49AM1.52m | 6:25PM1.50m | 6:36AM1.38m | 7:21PM1.41m | 7:37AM1.26m | 8:33PM1.35m | 9:03AM1.19m | 9:58PM1.35m | 10:40AM1.20m | 11:10PM1.39m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:26AM0.33m | 7:34PM0.40m | 8:08AM0.25m | 8:17PM0.34m | 8:48AM0.21m | 8:57PM0.32m | 9:27AM0.21m | 9:37PM0.34m | 10:05AM0.26m | 10:17PM0.40m | 10:43AM0.35m | 10:58PM0.49m | 11:21AM0.45m | 11:41PM0.61m | 12:01PM0.57m | 00:32AM0.72m | 12:48PM0.68m | 1:41AM0.81m | 1:51PM0.77m | 3:17AM0.85m | 3:18PM0.82m | 4:47AM0.82m | 4:41PM0.81m | |||||||||||||
WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 13 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | SW 25 | WSW 22 | WSW 19 | |
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clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | |
max°C | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 |
Moonrise | 4:08 | — | — | 5:18 | — | — | 6:30 | — | — | 7:43 | — | — | 8:56 | — | — | 10:06 | — | — | 11:09 | — | — | 12:02 | — | — | 12:47 | — | — | 1:23 | — | — | 1:54 | — | — | 2:20 | — | — |
Moonset | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | 5:24 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:48 | — | — | 7:40 | — | — | 8:39 | — | — | — | 9:41 | — | — | 10:44 | — | — | 11:45 | — | — | — | 12:44 | — | — |
 | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:26 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — |
 | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:55 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | 5:53 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 13.2 °C (Statistics for 05 May 1981-2005 – mean: 17.4 max: 18.7 min: 16.1°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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