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 06:13 AM and sunset is at 06:53 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Cool air temperatures (max 19°C on Sat morning, min 14°C on Fri morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Cool air temperatures (max 18°C on Mon morning, min 13°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the NW on Mon afternoon, calm by Mon night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Fri morning, min 14°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Very mild (max 16°C on Mon morning, min 12°C on Tue night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Tue afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Wed morning). | Days 13–16 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Thu night. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 13°C on Fri night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the S by Sat afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 9 | Saturday 10 | Sunday 11 | Monday 12 | Tuesday 13 | Wednesday 14 | Thursday 15 | Friday 16 | Saturday 17 | Sunday 18 | Monday 19 | Tuesday 20 | Wednesday 21 | Thursday 22 | Friday 23 | Sat 24 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:33PM1.84m | 2:55AM1.73m | 3:05PM1.86m | 3:26AM1.73m | 3:35PM1.84m | 3:55AM1.71m | 4:05PM1.78m | 4:25AM1.66m | 4:33PM1.70m | 4:55AM1.59m | 5:02PM1.60m | 5:27AM1.50m | 5:32PM1.49m | 6:02AM1.41m | 6:05PM1.37m | 6:49AM1.31m | 6:53PM1.25m | 8:04AM1.24m | 8:27PM1.16m | 10:02AM1.25m | 10:43PM1.18m | 11:26AM1.34m | 11:56PM1.28m | 12:14PM1.46m | 00:40AM1.40m | 12:50PM1.58m | 1:16AM1.53m | 1:24PM1.70m | 1:50AM1.63m | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:24AM0.36m | 8:50PM0.27m | 8:55AM0.34m | 9:20PM0.27m | 9:25AM0.35m | 9:48PM0.30m | 9:53AM0.38m | 10:15PM0.35m | 10:21AM0.45m | 10:42PM0.42m | 10:49AM0.53m | 11:10PM0.50m | 11:19AM0.64m | 11:40PM0.60m | 11:55AM0.75m | 00:18AM0.70m | 12:45PM0.86m | 1:15AM0.80m | 2:30PM0.93m | 3:07AM0.86m | 4:48PM0.89m | 4:55AM0.82m | 5:54PM0.77m | 5:54AM0.73m | 6:35PM0.63m | 6:37AM0.62m | 7:09PM0.50m | 7:13AM0.52m | 7:42PM0.38m | ||||||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 13 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 9 | SW 8 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 10 | WSW 11 | SW 12 | SW 13 |
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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | some clouds | clear | clear | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | |
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mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
max °C | 16 | 17 | 15 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
Moonrise | 5:19 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | 6:44 | — | — | 7:18 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 8:42 | — | — | 9:32 | — | — | 10:26 | — | — | 11:24 | — | — | 12:23 | — | — | 1:23 | — | — | 2:23 | — | — | — | 3:24 | — | — | 4:26 | — | — | 5:31 |
Moonset | — | 5:55 | — | — | 6:57 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | — | 9:02 | — | — | 10:03 | — | — | 11:02 | — | — | 11:57 | — | — | — | 12:47 | — | — | 1:31 | — | — | 2:09 | — | — | 2:42 | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 3:39 | — | — | 4:06 | — | — | 4:33 | — |
 | 6:13 | — | — | 6:11 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:09 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:05 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:03 | — | — | 6:01 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 5:54 | — |
 | — | 6:53 | — | — | 6:54 | — | — | 6:55 | — | — | 6:55 | — | — | 6:57 | — | — | 6:58 | — | — | 6:59 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:00 | — | — | 7:01 | — | — | 7:02 | — | — | 7:04 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:06 |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 13.1°C (Statistics for 09 Oct 1981-2005 – mean: 15.9 max: 16.9 min: 14.7°C) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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