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 07:46 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 17°C on Sun night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 6mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 24°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu morning, fresh winds from the NW by Fri morning). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the WNW on Tue afternoon, strong winds from the SSE by Wed night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sun 7 | Monday 8 | Tuesday 9 | Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Fri 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 4:59PM1.72m | 5:32AM1.72m | 5:48PM1.60m | 6:23AM1.65m | 6:41PM1.48m | 7:18AM1.57m | 7:42PM1.37m | 8:21AM1.51m | 8:54PM1.29m | 9:31AM1.47m | 10:14PM1.27m | 10:40AM1.46m | 11:27PM1.29m | 11:41AM1.48m | 00:24AM1.35m | 12:30PM1.51m | 1:10AM1.41m | 1:12PM1.54m | 1:48AM1.47m | 1:49PM1.58m | 2:24AM1.52m | 2:23PM1.60m | 2:57AM1.57m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 11:13PM0.38m | 11:45AM0.53m | 00:00AM0.48m | 12:43PM0.61m | 00:52AM0.59m | 1:49PM0.69m | 1:52AM0.69m | 3:03PM0.74m | 3:01AM0.76m | 4:20PM0.75m | 4:15AM0.79m | 5:26PM0.72m | 5:22AM0.78m | 6:18PM0.67m | 6:16AM0.75m | 7:00PM0.62m | 7:01AM0.72m | 7:36PM0.57m | 7:41AM0.68m | 8:09PM0.52m | 8:16AM0.65m | 8:40PM0.48m | 8:51AM0.63m | |||||||||||||
SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | WSW 9 | SW 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 15 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | SW 13 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 10 | |
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cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 22 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 19 |
Moonrise | — | 10:47 | — | — | 11:29 | — | — | — | 12:02 | — | — | 12:31 | — | — | 12:57 | — | — | 1:21 | — | — | 1:45 | — | — | 2:11 | — | — | 2:39 | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 4:32 |
Moonset | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 10:02 | — | — | 11:08 | — | — | 12:10 | — | — | 1:09 | — | — | 2:06 | — | — | — | 3:03 | — | — | 4:00 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 6:55 | — | — |
 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 |
 | 7:46 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 14.5° C (Statistics for 07 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 18.7 max: 19.9 min: 17.7°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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