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 05:28 AM and sunset is at 07:52 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Tue night. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (calm on Tue morning, fresh winds from the S by Wed afternoon). | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Fri afternoon, min 16°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 28°C on Mon afternoon, min 18°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (fresh winds from the SSE on Sun afternoon, calm by Mon night). | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 2mm), mostly falling on Thu morning. Warm (max 23°C on Wed morning, min 18°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (light winds from the SSE on Wed morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Fri night). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monday 15 | Tuesday 16 | Wednesday 17 | Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sunday 21 | Monday 22 | Tuesday 23 | Wednesday 24 | Thursday 25 | Friday 26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 12:30PM1.51m | 1:10AM1.41m | 1:12PM1.54m | 1:48AM1.47m | 1:49PM1.58m | 2:24AM1.52m | 2:23PM1.60m | 2:57AM1.57m | 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 | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 6:16AM0.75m | 7:00PM0.62m | 7:01AM0.72m | 7:36PM0.57m | 7:41AM0.68m | 8:09PM0.52m | 8:16AM0.65m | 8:40PM0.48m | 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 | ||||||||||||
SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | WSW 14 | WSW 13 | SW 9 | SSW 8 | WSW 12 | WSW 12 | SW 15 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | S 7 | S 8 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 19 | SW 16 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | |
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clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | risk tstorm | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 21 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 |
Moonrise | 2:11 | — | — | 2:39 | — | — | 3:11 | — | — | 3:48 | — | — | 4:32 | — | — | 5:22 | — | — | 6:19 | — | — | 7:19 | — | — | 8:21 | — | — | 9:23 | — | — | 10:25 | — | — | 11:27 | — | — |
Moonset | — | 4:00 | — | — | 4:58 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 6:55 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 8:41 | — | — | — | 9:26 | — | — | 10:05 | — | — | 10:39 | — | — | 11:09 | — | — | 11:37 | — | — | — |
 | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:30 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:31 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — | 5:33 | — | — |
 | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:53 | — | — | 7:54 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:55 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:57 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — | — | 7:58 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 14.7° C (Statistics for 15 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 19.1 max: 20.8 min: 17.9°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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