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 05:44 PM.

Days 1–4 Weather Summary

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sun morning. Cool air temperatures (max 17°C on Fri afternoon, min 14°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light.

Days 5–7 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 40mm), heaviest during Wed morning. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Mon afternoon, min 9°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the NNW on Mon night, strong winds from the N by Tue night).

Days 8–10 Weather Summary

Heavy rain (total 26mm), heaviest during Fri afternoon. Very mild (max 16°C on Sat afternoon, min 11°C on Thu night). Mainly fresh winds.

Days 11–13 Weather Summary

Mostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 9°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light.

Fri
20
Saturday
21
Sunday
22
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Friday
27
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
1
Wed
2
PM
night
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PM
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PM
night
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night
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night
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Wave Height Map
High Tide
11:07PM1.60m
11:54AM1.43m
00:12AM1.65m
12:56PM1.51m
1:11AM1.70m
1:51PM1.59m
2:04AM1.74m
2:41PM1.66m
2:54AM1.75m
3:29PM1.71m
3:41AM1.73m
4:14PM1.73m
4:27AM1.68m
4:58PM1.72m
5:11AM1.61m
5:41PM1.69m
5:54AM1.53m
6:24PM1.63m
6:38AM1.44m
7:09PM1.57m
7:25AM1.36m
7:56PM1.50m
8:17AM1.28m
Low Tide
4:45PM0.63m
5:46AM0.50m
5:54PM0.59m
6:46AM0.43m
6:56PM0.53m
7:39AM0.37m
7:53PM0.48m
8:28AM0.32m
8:45PM0.44m
9:15AM0.30m
9:35PM0.42m
9:58AM0.31m
10:23PM0.43m
10:40AM0.34m
11:10PM0.46m
11:21AM0.40m
11:56PM0.51m
12:01PM0.47m
00:42AM0.58m
12:43PM0.55m
1:31AM0.64m
1:27PM0.63m
2:25AM0.70m
Wave
height (m) 
direction
period (s) 
4
SW
12.0
4
SW
15.0
3.5
SW
14.0
3
SW
14.0
2.4
SW
12.0
2.5
SW
12.0
3.5
SW
14.0
4
SW
14.0
4
SW
13.0
4.5
SW
14.0
4
SW
14.0
3.5
SW
14.0
3
SW
13.0
3.5
SW
12.0
4.5
SW
13.0
6
SW
16.0
5.5
SW
14.0
4.5
SW
13.0
4
SW
12.0
3.5
SW
12.0
3.5
SW
11.0
4
SW
11.0
3.5
SW
11.0
4
SW
12.0
4
SW
12.0
4.5
SW
13.0
4.5
SW
14.0
4
SW
14.0
3.5
SW
14.0
3
SW
14.0
2.4
SW
14.0
1.9
SW
13.0
1.4
SW
12.0
1.3
WSW
12.0
1.4
SW
12.0
1.5
SW
12.0
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
some clouds
light rain
light rain
cloudy
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
some clouds
light rain
heavy rain
light rain
light rain
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
light rain
mod rain
mod rain
light rain
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
rain shwrs
clear
some clouds
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
 km/h
15
WNW
10
NNE
15
NNW
15
NW
15
N
5
W
15
SW
15
NW
10
NW
10
NW
10
N
20
N
25
NNW
40
N
30
WSW
35
WSW
30
SW
15
SW
20
W
25
NNW
30
N
30
NNW
25
N
30
NW
25
WSW
25
SW
25
SSE
30
SE
10
ESE
5
E
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
NE
10
NNE
15
N
10
NW
 mm 
2
1
3
27
3
5
2
1
1
6
8
2
3
4
1
max°C
17
16
15
16
15
14
15
15
15
16
15
13
15
14
13
12
12
11
12
13
11
12
13
15
16
14
14
14
12
9
13
14
17
22
21
16
Moonrise
2:04
3:14
4:27
5:42
6:56
8:04
9:02
9:49
10:28
10:59
11:27
11:51
12:15
Moonset
1:36
2:09
2:48
3:35
4:32
5:37
6:48
7:59
9:06
10:10
11:10
12:07
Sunrise
7:50
7:50
7:50
7:50
7:50
7:52
7:52
7:52
7:52
7:52
7:52
7:52
Sunset
5:44
5:44
5:45
5:45
5:45
5:45
5:45
5:45
5:45
5:46
5:46
5:47
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 14.3 °C (Statistics for 20 Jun 1981-2005 – mean: 16.1 max: 17.4 min: 14.8°C)
Issued (local time): 1 pm Friday 20 Jun 2025
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