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 06:12 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Sat afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 25°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Sat morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Sat afternoon). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Sat night, min 14°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 24°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (light winds from the W on Sat morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Sun afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Mon 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:48AM1.76m | 4:13PM1.66m | 4:16AM1.73m | 4:43PM1.63m | 4:48AM1.68m | 5:18PM1.58m | 5:25AM1.60m | 6:00PM1.51m | 6:10AM1.49m | 6:53PM1.45m | 7:11AM1.38m | 8:07PM1.40m | 8:42AM1.31m | 9:41PM1.42m | 10:27AM1.33m | 11:05PM1.51m | 11:48AM1.43m | 00:09AM1.64m | 12:45PM1.55m | 1:00AM1.77m | 1:33PM1.66m | 1:45AM1.86m | 2:16PM1.74m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:38PM0.46m | 10:01AM0.35m | 10:07PM0.48m | 10:30AM0.38m | 10:37PM0.52m | 11:02AM0.43m | 11:13PM0.59m | 11:39AM0.51m | 11:57PM0.67m | 12:26PM0.61m | 00:59AM0.75m | 1:32PM0.70m | 2:37AM0.79m | 3:09PM0.75m | 4:25AM0.73m | 4:44PM0.70m | 5:42AM0.60m | 5:53PM0.61m | 6:38AM0.46m | 6:47PM0.50m | 7:26AM0.33m | 7:34PM0.40m | 8:08AM0.25m | |||||||||||||
SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 8 | S 8 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | W 10 | W 10 | W 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 8 | SSW 8 | S 8 | |
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clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 24 |
Moonrise | 6:21 | — | 6:54 | — | — | 7:33 | — | — | 8:20 | — | — | — | 9:16 | — | — | 10:19 | — | — | 11:27 | — | — | — | 12:38 | — | — | 1:48 | — | — | 2:58 | — | — | 4:08 | — | — | 5:18 | — |
Moonset | 7:35 | 8:36 | — | — | 9:39 | — | — | 10:42 | — | — | 11:44 | — | — | 12:40 | — | — | 1:29 | — | — | 2:11 | — | — | 2:47 | — | — | — | 3:19 | — | — | 3:50 | — | — | 4:19 | — | — | 4:50 |
 | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:16 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:22 | — | — | 7:24 | — | — | 7:24 | — |
 | 6:12 | — | 6:10 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:08 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:06 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:04 | — | — | 6:02 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 6:00 |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 13.2 °C (Statistics for 24 Apr 1981-2005 – mean: 17.7 max: 19.1 min: 16.1°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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