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 SummaryLight 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 SummaryHeavy 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 SummaryHeavy 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 SummaryMostly 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||
SW 12.0 | SW 15.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 12.0 | SW 12.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 13.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 13.0 | SW 12.0 | SW 13.0 | SW 16.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 13.0 | SW 12.0 | SW 12.0 | SW 11.0 | SW 11.0 | SW 11.0 | SW 12.0 | SW 12.0 | SW 13.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 14.0 | SW 13.0 | SW 12.0 | WSW 12.0 | SW 12.0 | SW 12.0 | |
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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 | |
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— | — | — | — | — | 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 |
 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 |
 | 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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