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 07:53 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Sun morning, min 16°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Sun morning). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm air temperatures (max 29°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue night). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 17°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the SSE by Sat morning). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Sat afternoon, min 18°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thu 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tue 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:23PM1.60m | 2:57AM1.57m | 2:56PM1.62m | 3:30AM1.61m | 3:28PM1.63m | 4:02AM1.63m | 4:01PM1.62m | 4:34AM1.64m | 4:36PM1.60m | 5:08AM1.65m | 5:12PM1.57m | 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 | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:40PM0.48m | 8:51AM0.63m | 9:11PM0.45m | 9:25AM0.61m | 9:42PM0.44m | 9:59AM0.60m | 10:14PM0.44m | 10:34AM0.59m | 10:46PM0.46m | 11:11AM0.60m | 11:21PM0.49m | 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 | |||||||||||||
SW 9 | SW 11 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 14 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 7 | SW 7 | SW 8 | SSW 8 | SW 9 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | |
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clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | |
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max°C | 20 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 20 |
Moonrise | — | — | 4:32 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 9:23 | — | — | 10:25 | — | — | 11:27 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:35 | — | — | 2:44 | — | — | — |
Moonset | 6:55 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 8:41 | — | — | — | 9:26 | — | — | 10:05 | — | — | 10:39 | — | — | 11:09 | — | — | 11:37 | — | — | — | 12:03 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:00 | — | — | 1:33 |
 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 |
 | 7:53 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 16.1° C (Statistics for 18 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.1 max: 21.0 min: 17.8°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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