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 07:59 PM.
Days 1–4 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Fri morning. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Sat morning, min 19°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 5–7 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Mon night. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Sun night, strong winds from the NW by Mon night). | Days 8–10 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 17°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 11–13 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 21°C on Tue afternoon, min 17°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Friday 27 | Saturday 28 | Sunday 29 | Monday 30 | Tuesday 31 | Wednesday 1 | Thursday 2 | Friday 3 | Saturday 4 | Sunday 5 | Monday 6 | Tue 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 1:05AM1.38m | 1:04PM1.52m | 1:46AM1.46m | 1:45PM1.58m | 2:24AM1.54m | 2:23PM1.63m | 3:00AM1.61m | 3:01PM1.67m | 3:35AM1.67m | 3:39PM1.70m | 4:11AM1.73m | 4:17PM1.71m | 4:48AM1.76m | 4:58PM1.69m | 5:27AM1.77m | 5:41PM1.65m | 6:10AM1.75m | 6:28PM1.58m | 6:57AM1.71m | 7:20PM1.50m | 7:50AM1.66m | 8:22PM1.42m | 8:54AM1.59m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:49PM0.65m | 6:52AM0.75m | 7:29PM0.58m | 7:37AM0.70m | 8:07PM0.51m | 8:17AM0.64m | 8:43PM0.45m | 8:56AM0.59m | 9:18PM0.40m | 9:35AM0.54m | 9:54PM0.38m | 10:14AM0.49m | 10:29PM0.36m | 10:55AM0.48m | 11:07PM0.38m | 11:38AM0.48m | 11:48PM0.43m | 12:26PM0.51m | 00:32AM0.49m | 1:19PM0.56m | 1:23AM0.58m | 2:21PM0.61m | 2:25AM0.66m | 3:36PM0.65m | ||||||||||||
SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 10 | W 9 | W 11 | W 11 | W 10 | W 9 | WSW 9 | WSW 8 | WSW 8 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | |
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some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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— | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 21 |
Moonrise | 1:57 | 2:28 | — | — | 3:04 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 4:40 | — | — | 5:40 | — | — | 6:46 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 9:04 | — | — | 10:12 | — | — | 11:18 | — | — | 12:25 | — | — | 1:33 | — |
Moonset | 4:04 | — | 5:05 | — | — | 6:07 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 8:04 | — | — | 8:55 | — | — | — | 9:38 | — | — | 10:16 | — | — | 10:48 | — | — | 11:18 | — | — | 11:46 | — | — | — | 12:14 | — |
 | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:35 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:37 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:39 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:41 | — | — | 5:43 | — |
 | 7:59 | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 14.3 °C (Statistics for 26 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.5 max: 21.1 min: 18.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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