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 05:30 AM and sunset is at 07:54 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 28°C on Sun afternoon, min 17°C on Fri morning). Winds decreasing (strong winds from the SSE on Sat afternoon, light winds from the ESE by Sun night). | Days 4–6 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Tue morning. Warm air temperatures (max 24°C on Mon morning, min 18°C on Tue night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Mon night, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Sat morning, min 17°C on Fri night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the S on Thu afternoon, calm by Sat night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sun afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | Saturday 27 | Sunday 28 | Monday 29 | Tuesday 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:56PM1.62m | 3:30AM1.61m | 3:28PM1.63m | 4:02AM1.63m | 4:01PM1.62m | 4:34AM1.64m | 4:36PM1.60m | 5:08AM1.65m | 5:12PM1.57m | 5:44AM1.64m | 5:53PM1.53m | 6:24AM1.63m | 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 | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 8:51AM0.63m | 9:11PM0.45m | 9:25AM0.61m | 9:42PM0.44m | 9:59AM0.60m | 10:14PM0.44m | 10:34AM0.59m | 10:46PM0.46m | 11:11AM0.60m | 11:21PM0.49m | 11:52AM0.61m | 11:59PM0.53m | 12:39PM0.63m | 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 | |||||||||||||
SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SSW 6 | SW 13 | SW 8 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 10 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 13 | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | |
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clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | |
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max°C | 19 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 |
Moonrise | 4:32 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 9:23 | — | — | 10:25 | — | — | 11:27 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:35 | — | — | 2:44 | — | — | — | 3:56 | — |
Moonset | — | 7:51 | — | — | 8:41 | — | — | — | 9:26 | — | — | 10:05 | — | — | 10:39 | — | — | 11:09 | — | — | 11:37 | — | — | — | 12:03 | — | — | 12:30 | — | — | 1:00 | — | — | 1:33 | — | — |
 | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — |
 | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:00 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 16.1° C (Statistics for 19 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.1 max: 21.0 min: 17.8°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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