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 05:28 AM and sunset is at 07:52 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Sat afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Tue morning, strong winds from the SSE by Wed afternoon). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Fri night). Mainly strong winds. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Tue night, fresh winds from the SSE by Wed night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | Monday 16 | Tuesday 17 | Wednesday 18 | Thursday 19 | Friday 20 | Saturday 21 | Sunday 22 | Monday 23 | Tuesday 24 | Wednesday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:30PM1.82m | 3:03AM1.73m | 3:14PM1.81m | 3:46AM1.75m | 3:57PM1.76m | 4:28AM1.73m | 4:38PM1.68m | 5:10AM1.70m | 5:19PM1.59m | 5:52AM1.65m | 6:02PM1.49m | 6:35AM1.58m | 6:47PM1.40m | 7:23AM1.52m | 7:38PM1.31m | 8:16AM1.46m | 8:41PM1.26m | 9:17AM1.42m | 9:56PM1.23m | 10:24AM1.41m | 11:13PM1.26m | 11:26AM1.43m | 00:15AM1.31m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:20AM0.45m | 8:52PM0.31m | 9:06AM0.44m | 9:33PM0.32m | 9:50AM0.45m | 10:12PM0.35m | 10:34AM0.50m | 10:50PM0.41m | 11:18AM0.56m | 11:29PM0.49m | 12:03PM0.63m | 00:08AM0.57m | 12:51PM0.70m | 00:51AM0.65m | 1:46PM0.76m | 1:40AM0.73m | 2:50PM0.80m | 2:40AM0.80m | 4:00PM0.80m | 3:51AM0.83m | 5:07PM0.77m | 5:01AM0.83m | 6:03PM0.72m | |||||||||||||
SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | S 5 | SW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | |
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clear | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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max°C | 19 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 |
Moonrise | — | 7:23 | — | — | 8:30 | — | — | — | 9:29 | — | — | 10:17 | — | — | 10:56 | — | — | 11:28 | — | — | 11:55 | — | — | — | 12:20 | — | — | 12:43 | — | — | 1:06 | — | — | 1:30 | — | — |
Moonset | 4:07 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 7:08 | — | — | 8:16 | — | — | 9:21 | — | — | 10:23 | — | — | 11:22 | — | — | 12:18 | — | — | 1:14 | — | — | 2:09 | — | — | — | 3:05 | — |
 | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — |
 | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 17.4 °C (Statistics for 14 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.0 max: 20.8 min: 17.9°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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