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 07:41 AM and sunset is at 06:02 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryModerate rain (total 18mm), heaviest on Sat afternoon. Cool air temperatures (max 14°C on Sat afternoon, min 10°C on Mon morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the W on Sat afternoon, light winds from the NE by Mon night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 16°C on Thu afternoon, min 10°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Sat night. Very mild (max 14°C on Fri afternoon, min 10°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 8mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Very mild (max 16°C on Wed night, min 10°C on Mon morning). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | Sunday 4 | Monday 5 | Tuesday 6 | Wednesday 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 7:38AM1.46m | 8:07PM1.60m | 8:42AM1.36m | 9:13PM1.51m | 10:02AM1.30m | 10:33PM1.45m | 11:33AM1.30m | 11:56PM1.44m | 12:50PM1.37m | 1:05AM1.48m | 1:46PM1.46m | 1:57AM1.52m | 2:31PM1.55m | 2:40AM1.57m | 3:08PM1.62m | 3:17AM1.59m | 3:41PM1.67m | 3:50AM1.61m | 4:12PM1.70m | 4:21AM1.61m | 4:42PM1.71m | 4:51AM1.59m | 5:11PM1.69m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 1:42PM0.54m | 2:41AM0.58m | 2:47PM0.65m | 3:58AM0.64m | 4:09PM0.72m | 5:23AM0.65m | 5:40PM0.73m | 6:37AM0.61m | 6:56PM0.69m | 7:34AM0.55m | 7:54PM0.62m | 8:19AM0.49m | 8:40PM0.55m | 8:56AM0.44m | 9:17PM0.50m | 9:28AM0.40m | 9:50PM0.47m | 9:57AM0.38m | 10:21PM0.45m | 10:25AM0.38m | 10:50PM0.45m | 10:52AM0.40m | 11:19PM0.47m | |||||||||||||
WSW 15 | WSW 16 | WSW 16 | WSW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 13 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | |
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light rain | mod rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | light rain | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | mod rain | light rain | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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3 | 7 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 13 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 16 |
Moonrise | — | — | — | 1:04 | — | — | 2:13 | — | — | 3:23 | — | — | 4:30 | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 7:12 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 8:22 | — | — | 8:50 | — | — | 9:15 | — | — |
Moonset | 11:24 | — | — | 11:56 | — | — | 12:33 | — | — | 1:15 | — | — | 2:05 | — | — | — | 3:01 | — | — | 4:03 | — | — | 5:06 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | — | 9:03 |
 | 7:41 | — | — | 7:41 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:37 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — |
 | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:10 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 13.4 °C (Statistics for 27 Jul 1981-2005 – mean: 15.5 max: 16.5 min: 13.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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