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 05:35 AM and sunset is at 07:27 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Thu morning, min 15°C on Thu morning). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Sun morning, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (light winds from the S on Sun morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Tue night). | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 5mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 25°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Wed morning). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Thu afternoon, calm by Fri morning). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Sun night. Warm (max 21°C on Sat afternoon, min 14°C on Mon night). Winds increasing (calm on Sat night, fresh winds from the SSE by Mon afternoon). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 14 | Friday 15 | Saturday 16 | Sunday 17 | Monday 18 | Tuesday 19 | Wednesday 20 | Thursday 21 | Friday 22 | Saturday 23 | Sunday 24 | Monday 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 2:01PM1.92m | 2:31AM1.79m | 2:43PM1.94m | 3:13AM1.81m | 3:25PM1.92m | 3:54AM1.79m | 4:06PM1.84m | 4:36AM1.73m | 4:48PM1.72m | 5:20AM1.65m | 5:32PM1.58m | 6:08AM1.56m | 6:20PM1.44m | 7:03AM1.47m | 7:20PM1.31m | 8:11AM1.40m | 8:41PM1.22m | 9:33AM1.38m | 10:17PM1.22m | 10:49AM1.41m | 11:32PM1.27m | 11:46AM1.46m | 00:22AM1.34m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 7:49AM0.36m | 8:22PM0.20m | 8:32AM0.32m | 9:03PM0.19m | 9:14AM0.32m | 9:42PM0.22m | 9:55AM0.37m | 10:22PM0.30m | 10:38AM0.45m | 11:02PM0.40m | 11:24AM0.56m | 11:44PM0.52m | 12:16PM0.68m | 00:32AM0.64m | 1:23PM0.78m | 1:33AM0.75m | 2:54PM0.83m | 2:55AM0.81m | 4:26PM0.81m | 4:20AM0.82m | 5:32PM0.75m | 5:25AM0.78m | 6:18PM0.68m | |||||||||||||
SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 12 | |
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clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | cloudy | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.0 | — | — | — | |
max°C | 21 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 |
Moonrise | — | 6:04 | — | — | 7:20 | — | — | 8:35 | — | — | — | 9:47 | — | — | 10:50 | — | — | 11:42 | — | — | — | 12:25 | — | — | 1:00 | — | — | 1:29 | — | — | 1:55 | — | — | 2:18 | — | — |
Moonset | 4:14 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | 5:32 | — | — | 6:21 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 8:23 | — | — | 9:29 | — | — | 10:35 | — | — | 11:37 | — | — | 12:36 | — | — | 1:33 | — | — | 2:28 | — | — |
 | 5:35 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — |
 | — | 7:27 | — | — | 7:28 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:29 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:30 | — | — | 7:31 | — | — | 7:32 | — | — | 7:34 | — | — | 7:35 | — | — | 7:36 | — | — | 7:37 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 13.7 °C (Statistics for 14 Nov 1981-2005 – mean: 17.5 max: 19.6 min: 16.0°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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