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 07:58 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 26°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Fri night, light winds from the SE by Sun morning). | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 29°C on Wed afternoon, min 19°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon night, fresh winds from the SSE by Wed afternoon). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 27°C on Fri afternoon, min 21°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SE on Thu morning, strong winds from the SSE by Sat afternoon). | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat night, min 18°C on Sun night). Mainly strong winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | Wednesday 31 | Thursday 1 | Friday 2 | Saturday 3 | Sunday 4 | Monday 5 | Tue 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 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 | 11:38AM1.62m | 00:28AM1.48m | 12:44PM1.69m | 1:27AM1.59m | 1:43PM1.74m | 2:21AM1.69m | 2:35PM1.79m | 3:09AM1.78m | 3:23PM1.81m | 3:54AM1.83m | 4:08PM1.79m | 4:37AM1.85m | 4:52PM1.75m | 5:19AM1.83m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 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 | 6:17PM0.53m | 6:28AM0.62m | 7:15PM0.44m | 7:31AM0.55m | 8:08PM0.37m | 8:26AM0.47m | 8:55PM0.32m | 9:17AM0.41m | 9:40PM0.29m | 10:04AM0.39m | 10:21PM0.30m | 10:50AM0.40m | 11:02PM0.34m | 11:34AM0.44m | |||||||||||||
SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 13 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 16 | WSW 14 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | |
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clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | |
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max°C | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 26 | 25 | 26 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Moonrise | — | 11:27 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:35 | — | — | 2:44 | — | — | — | 3:56 | — | — | 5:12 | — | — | 6:26 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 8:32 | — | — | — | 9:19 | — | — | 9:57 | — | — |
Moonset | 11:37 | — | — | — | 12:03 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:00 | — | — | 1:33 | — | — | 2:13 | — | — | 3:02 | — | — | 4:02 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | 6:25 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 8:49 | — |
 | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — |
 | 7:58 | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 14.8° C (Statistics for 25 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.4 max: 20.9 min: 18.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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