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 05:28 AM and sunset is at 07:45 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Sun afternoon, min 15°C on Sat night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the SSE by Sun morning). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sat morning. Warm (max 26°C on Thu afternoon, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the N by Sat morning). | Days 10–12 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Tue afternoon. Warm (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 15°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Mon morning, fresh winds from the NNW by Tue morning). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 5 | Saturday 6 | Sunday 7 | Monday 8 | Tuesday 9 | Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | Sunday 14 | Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 3:25PM1.88m | 3:58AM1.80m | 4:11PM1.82m | 4:44AM1.78m | 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 | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 9:15AM0.36m | 9:43PM0.24m | 10:03AM0.39m | 10:28PM0.30m | 10:52AM0.45m | 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 | |||||||||||||
SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | WSW 11 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 10 | SW 13 | |
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clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | |
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max°C | 21 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
Moonrise | — | 8:52 | — | — | — | 9:56 | — | — | 10:47 | — | — | 11:29 | — | — | — | 12:02 | — | — | 12:31 | — | — | 12:57 | — | — | 1:21 | — | — | 1:45 | — | — | 2:11 | — | — | 2:39 | — | — |
Moonset | 5:21 | — | — | 6:27 | — | — | 7:39 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 10:02 | — | — | 11:08 | — | — | 12:10 | — | — | 1:09 | — | — | 2:06 | — | — | — | 3:03 | — | — | 4:00 | — | — | 4:58 | — |
 | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — |
 | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 15.3° C (Statistics for 05 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 18.5 max: 19.9 min: 17.2°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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