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 23°C on Wed morning, min 18°C on Wed night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Wed afternoon, light winds from the SE by Thu morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sat night, calm by Mon night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Sun morning, min 18°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sat night, light winds from the S by Sun morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | Sunday 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 5:44AM1.64m | 5:53PM1.53m | 6:24AM1.63m | 6:39PM1.47m | 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 | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:52AM0.61m | 11:59PM0.53m | 12:39PM0.63m | 00:43AM0.59m | 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 | |||||||||||||
SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SSW 8 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | |
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clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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max°C | 23 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 25 | 21 |
Moonrise | 9:23 | — | — | 10:25 | — | — | 11:27 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:35 | — | — | 2:44 | — | — | — | 3:56 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | — | 9:19 |
Moonset | — | — | 11:09 | — | — | 11:37 | — | — | — | 12:03 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:00 | — | — | 1:33 | — | — | 2:13 | — | — | 3:02 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — |
 | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — |
 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 14.3° C (Statistics for 24 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.3 max: 20.9 min: 17.9°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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