Cape Town Sea Conditions and Tide Table

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 — and sunset is at 07:29 PM.

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Wed morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Tue night, strong winds from the SSE by Thu afternoon).										Days 5–7 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sat night, light winds from the SE by Mon morning).									Days 8–10 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Mon night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Wed afternoon, light winds from the E by Thu morning).									Days 11–13 Weather Summary Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 22°C on Thu night, min 16°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light.
		Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Monday 24			Tuesday 25			Wednesday 26			Thursday 27			Friday 28			Saturday 29			Sun 30
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM
Wave Height Map See all maps
High Tide	2:39AM1.60m		2:41PM1.69m	3:09AM1.62m		3:10PM1.68m	3:38AM1.62m		3:38PM1.66m	4:09AM1.60m		4:08PM1.62m	4:40AM1.57m		4:39PM1.56m		5:15AM1.54m		5:15PM1.49m	5:54AM1.50m		5:58PM1.42m	6:42AM1.47m		6:54PM1.35m	7:41AM1.44m		8:08PM1.30m	8:53AM1.46m		9:34PM1.30m	10:07AM1.51m		10:53PM1.37m		11:14AM1.60m
Low Tide	8:29PM0.42m	8:33AM0.54m		8:56PM0.41m	9:01AM0.54m		9:23PM0.40m	9:31AM0.56m		9:51PM0.42m	10:01AM0.59m		10:20PM0.45m	10:34AM0.63m		10:52PM0.50m		11:11AM0.68m	11:28PM0.56m		11:56AM0.72m	00:10AM0.63m		12:54PM0.77m	1:06AM0.70m		2:11PM0.78m	2:19AM0.74m		3:36PM0.74m	3:42AM0.74m		4:50PM0.65m	4:54AM0.68m
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 15	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	WSW 17	SW 16	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 15	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SSW 11	SSW 10	SW 10	SW 10	SW 8	SW 9	SW 9	SW 11	SW 12	SW 13

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km/h	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	S	S	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	SE	S	SSE	SE	S	SSE	SE	SSW	S	NNW	W	WSW	SSW	WSW	W	W	SW	SW
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	—	—
max°C	17	22	21	18	21	21	18	22	21	18	23	22	19	21	22	18	22	22	18	24	24	19	23	23	21	24	25	22	19	21	18	17	17	17	18	18
Moonrise	—	4:37	—	—	5:11	—	—	5:50	—	—	6:35	—	—	7:27	—	—	8:24	—	—	9:25	—	—	10:27	—	—	11:29	—	—	12:32	—	—	1:36	—	—	2:42	—
Moonset	—	—	7:05	—	—	8:04	—	—	—	9:01	—	—	9:55	—	—	10:44	—	—	11:27	—	—	—	12:05	—	—	12:37	—	—	1:07	—	—	1:34	—	—	2:02	—
	—	5:31	—	—	5:31	—	—	5:31	—	—	5:31	—	—	5:30	—	—	5:30	—	—	5:30	—	—	5:28	—	—	5:28	—	—	5:28	—	—	5:28	—	—	5:28	—
	7:29	—	7:30	—	—	7:30	—	—	7:31	—	—	7:32	—	—	7:34	—	—	7:35	—	—	7:36	—	—	7:37	—	—	7:37	—	—	7:38	—	—	7:39	—	—	7:40
	Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 12.4° C (Statistics for 18 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 17.6 max: 19.3 min: 16.0°C)