Cape Town Sea Conditions and Tide Table

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 07:23 PM.

	Days 1–4 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Thu night, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Thu night, strong winds from the SSE by Sat afternoon).										Days 5–7 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 23°C on Mon afternoon, min 14°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sat night, light winds from the SSE by Tue morning).									Days 8–10 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Thu morning, min 16°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.									Days 11–13 Weather Summary Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Fri night, calm by Sun night).
		Thursday 13			Friday 14			Saturday 15			Sunday 16			Monday 17			Tuesday 18			Wednesday 19			Thursday 20			Friday 21			Saturday 22			Sunday 23			Mon 24
	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM	night	AM	PM
Wave Height Map See all maps
High Tide	9:58PM1.26m	10:38AM1.44m		11:25PM1.31m		11:44AM1.50m	00:22AM1.38m		12:32PM1.57m	1:04AM1.45m		1:10PM1.62m	1:38AM1.51m		1:42PM1.66m	2:09AM1.56m		2:13PM1.68m	2:39AM1.60m		2:41PM1.69m	3:09AM1.62m		3:10PM1.68m	3:38AM1.62m		3:38PM1.66m	4:09AM1.60m		4:08PM1.62m	4:40AM1.57m		4:39PM1.56m		5:15AM1.54m
Low Tide	4:15AM0.77m			5:25PM0.70m	5:27AM0.73m		6:20PM0.62m	6:19AM0.68m		7:00PM0.55m	7:00AM0.62m		7:33PM0.50m	7:34AM0.58m		8:02PM0.45m	8:04AM0.55m		8:29PM0.42m	8:33AM0.54m		8:56PM0.41m	9:01AM0.54m		9:23PM0.40m	9:31AM0.56m		9:51PM0.42m	10:01AM0.59m		10:20PM0.45m	10:34AM0.63m		10:52PM0.50m		11:11AM0.68m
Wave height (m) direction period (s)	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	SW 10	SW 10	SSW 7	SSW 8	SSW 9	SW 14	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SSE 7	SW 10	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 12	SW 17	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 12	SW 16	SW 14	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 11	SW 17	SW 15	SW 14

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km/h	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	SSE	SSE	SE	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SE	S	SSE	ESE	W	SSW	WNW	S	SSE
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
max°C	19	20	21	22	20	20	18	18	18	16	21	20	19	21	23	20	20	20	17	20	20	18	23	22	19	22	21	20	26	30	26	21	20	20	22	22
Moonrise	—	2:03	—	—	2:29	—	—	2:54	—	—	3:18	—	—	3:42	—	—	4:08	—	—	4:37	—	—	5:11	—	—	5:50	—	—	6:35	—	—	7:27	—	—	8:24	—
Moonset	—	1:19	—	—	2:18	—	—	—	3:16	—	—	4:12	—	—	5:09	—	—	6:07	—	—	7:05	—	—	8:04	—	—	—	9:01	—	—	9:55	—	—	10:44	—	—
	—	5:35	—	—	5:35	—	—	5:35	—	—	5:33	—	—	5:33	—	—	5:33	—	—	5:31	—	—	5:31	—	—	5:31	—	—	5:31	—	—	5:30	—	—	5:30	—
	7:23	—	7:24	—	—	7:25	—	—	7:27	—	—	7:28	—	—	7:29	—	—	7:29	—	—	7:30	—	—	7:30	—	—	7:31	—	—	7:32	—	—	7:34	—	—	7:35
	Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 13.4° C (Statistics for 12 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 17.3 max: 19.6 min: 15.7°C)