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 07:45 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm air temperatures (max 20°C on Wed afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Mon afternoon, min 17°C on Sat night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 22°C on Tue morning, min 17°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm (max 23°C on Sat afternoon, min 16°C on Sun night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 4 | Thursday 5 | Friday 6 | Saturday 7 | Sunday 8 | Monday 9 | Tuesday 10 | Wednesday 11 | Thursday 12 | Friday 13 | Saturday 14 | Sunday 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 4:59PM1.60m | 5:36AM1.60m | 5:45PM1.53m | 6:24AM1.57m | 6:40PM1.45m | 7:21AM1.55m | 7:47PM1.38m | 8:29AM1.54m | 9:07PM1.35m | 9:43AM1.56m | 10:30PM1.38m | 10:55AM1.61m | 11:41PM1.45m | 11:58AM1.68m | 00:41AM1.54m | 12:54PM1.75m | 1:32AM1.62m | 1:44PM1.80m | 2:19AM1.69m | 2:30PM1.82m | 3:03AM1.73m | 3:14PM1.81m | 3:46AM1.75m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 10:53AM0.59m | 11:12PM0.48m | 11:40AM0.63m | 11:57PM0.54m | 12:37PM0.67m | 00:50AM0.61m | 1:48PM0.69m | 1:58AM0.67m | 3:09PM0.68m | 3:17AM0.70m | 4:28PM0.63m | 4:34AM0.67m | 5:35PM0.54m | 5:41AM0.62m | 6:32PM0.45m | 6:40AM0.55m | 7:23PM0.38m | 7:32AM0.49m | 8:09PM0.33m | 8:20AM0.45m | 8:52PM0.31m | 9:06AM0.44m | 9:33PM0.32m | |||||||||||||
SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 12 | WSW 11 | WSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | WSW 17 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 22 | SW 19 | SW 18 | SW 16 | SW 15 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | WSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | |
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some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | light rain | rain shwrs | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
max°C | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 18 |
Moonrise | 7:51 | — | — | 8:57 | — | — | 10:04 | — | — | 11:12 | — | — | 12:19 | — | — | 1:25 | — | — | 2:33 | — | — | — | 3:43 | — | — | 4:55 | — | — | 6:10 | — | — | 7:23 | — | — | 8:30 | — |
Moonset | — | — | 10:59 | — | — | 11:40 | — | — | — | 12:15 | — | — | 12:46 | — | — | 1:15 | — | — | 1:43 | — | — | 2:12 | — | — | 2:45 | — | — | 3:22 | — | — | 4:07 | — | — | 5:00 | — | — |
 | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — | 5:28 | — | — |
 | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:45 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | 7:47 | — | — | 7:49 | — | — | 7:50 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:51 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — | — | 7:52 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 13.0 °C (Statistics for 04 Dec 1981-2005 – mean: 18.6 max: 19.9 min: 17.2°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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