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Dunes surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 28 Mar 2024 SAST
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Dunes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dunes sea temperature is 15.4°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 19.0 °C max: 20.6 °C min: 17.9 °C)
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Dunes surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Dunes sea temperature is 15.4°C (Statistics for 28 Mar 1981-2005 - mean: 19.0 °C max: 20.6 °C min: 17.9 °C)


How big are the waves at Dunes today?

The current surf forecast for Dunes at 7PM is: 2.1m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 13s secondary swell from a Northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm March 28). An open ocean swell of 1.7m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)5.5ft (1.7m)12s
Afternoon (28 Mar)5ft (1.6m)12s
Evening (28 Mar)7.5ft (2.3m)13s

Table - waves today at Dunes. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Update imminent
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.6
SE
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.5
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.9
WSW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
Period(s) (?)1212141313131313131212121212121111111171111111010101212121111101212121212111111101010109141413131313131312121212141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)7597591289191920051862169714681352106596088473665557344543735728323723723320418918523941464780593413311678526454785972473740023266293125081974150812248897024761107108610531037940851753718706584593118711711139
Wind
(km/h)
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
ESE
20
ESE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
5
NNE
15
NNW
20
N
25
N
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
20
W
15
WNW
15
WNW
20
WNW
30
WNW
35
WNW
35
W
25
W
15
W
10
WSW
5
S
0
S
5
SSW
10
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
30
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
S
15
NNE
15
NW
20
NNW
15
WNW
10
SSW
15
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcrosscrossoncross-
on
oncrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:57PM
1.38
5:05AM
1.44
5:25PM
1.31
5:34AM
1.35
5:59PM
1.21
6:10AM
1.25
6:44PM
1.11
7:02AM
1.14
8:01PM
1.02
8:37AM
1.05
10:09PM
1.02
10:45AM
1.08
11:44PM
1.16
12:08PM
1.20
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:51AM
0.16
10:54PM
0.24
11:18AM
0.22
11:22PM
0.32
11:49AM
0.30
11:55PM
0.41
12:29PM
0.40
12:40AM
0.52
1:31PM
0.50
2:01AM
0.62
3:22PM
0.56
4:26AM
0.62
5:18PM
0.48
6:03AM
0.47
6:25PM
0.34
Thursday
28
Friday
29
Saturday
30
Sunday
31
Monday
01
Tuesday
02
Wednesday
03
Thursday
04
Sunrise-------6:56-------6:56-------6:58-------6:58-------6:58-------7:00-------7:01----
Sunset--6:45-------6:45-------6:43-------6:42-------6:39-------6:38-------6:37-------6:36-
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Rain (mm)
----------------------------1-----11------------------------
Temp. °C181817171616161617191919171717172023232323201817171819191818171718171818181818181818181717161616182121202119191718181918
Feels °C (?)14131211910101012131213111213151922222324181614141617171515151412101214161718191817151413111111141818171918161616161917

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