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 05:33 AM and sunset is at 07:58 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Fri night, light winds from the SE by Sun night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 27°C on Wed afternoon, min 20°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sat morning, min 19°C on Fri night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Sun morning, fresh winds from the S by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | Sunday 4 | Monday 5 | Tuesday 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:11AM1.61m | 7:34PM1.42m | 8:07AM1.58m | 8:40PM1.37m | 9:12AM1.57m | 9:58PM1.36m | 10:26AM1.58m | 11:17PM1.40m | 11:38AM1.62m | 00:28AM1.48m | 12:44PM1.69m | 1:27AM1.59m | 1:43PM1.74m | 2:21AM1.69m | 2:35PM1.79m | 3:09AM1.78m | 3:23PM1.81m | 3:54AM1.83m | 4:08PM1.79m | 4:37AM1.85m | 4:52PM1.75m | 5:19AM1.83m | 5:34PM1.67m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:34PM0.65m | 1:36AM0.64m | 2:40PM0.66m | 2:42AM0.69m | 3:55PM0.65m | 4:00AM0.71m | 5:10PM0.60m | 5:18AM0.68m | 6:17PM0.53m | 6:28AM0.62m | 7:15PM0.44m | 7:31AM0.55m | 8:08PM0.37m | 8:26AM0.47m | 8:55PM0.32m | 9:17AM0.41m | 9:40PM0.29m | 10:04AM0.39m | 10:21PM0.30m | 10:50AM0.40m | 11:02PM0.34m | 11:34AM0.44m | 11:41PM0.41m | |||||||||||||
SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SSE 6 | SW 10 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 13 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | |
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clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | |
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max°C | 23 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
Moonrise | 11:27 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:35 | — | — | 2:44 | — | — | — | 3:56 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | — | 9:19 | — | — | 9:57 | — | — | 10:29 |
Moonset | — | — | — | 12:03 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:00 | — | — | 1:33 | — | — | 2:13 | — | — | 3:02 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 8:49 | — | — |
 | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — |
 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 14.9° C (Statistics for 26 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.4 max: 20.9 min: 18.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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