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 05:43 AM and sunset is at 08:00 PM.
Days 1–3 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 18°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4–6 Weather SummaryMostly dry. Warm air temperatures (max 22°C on Sun morning, min 18°C on Fri night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 7–9 Weather SummaryLight rain (total 4mm), mostly falling on Tue night. Warm (max 23°C on Mon afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 10–12 Weather SummarySome drizzle, heaviest during Fri night. Warm (max 22°C on Fri morning, min 16°C on Thu morning). Mainly fresh winds. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 7 | Wednesday 8 | Thursday 9 | Friday 10 | Saturday 11 | Sunday 12 | Monday 13 | Tuesday 14 | Wednesday 15 | Thursday 16 | Friday 17 | Saturday 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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High Tide | 8:54AM1.59m | 9:38PM1.36m | 10:09AM1.55m | 11:04PM1.36m | 11:29AM1.56m | 00:23AM1.42m | 12:40PM1.59m | 1:26AM1.51m | 1:39PM1.64m | 2:18AM1.61m | 2:29PM1.69m | 3:02AM1.69m | 3:12PM1.71m | 3:42AM1.75m | 3:52PM1.71m | 4:19AM1.77m | 4:29PM1.69m | 4:54AM1.77m | 5:04PM1.64m | 5:28AM1.75m | 5:38PM1.59m | 6:01AM1.70m | 6:11PM1.52m | |||||||||||||
Low Tide | 3:36PM0.65m | 3:42AM0.72m | 4:57PM0.65m | 5:07AM0.73m | 6:12PM0.60m | 6:25AM0.69m | 7:14PM0.54m | 7:30AM0.63m | 8:06PM0.47m | 8:24AM0.56m | 8:50PM0.42m | 9:10AM0.51m | 9:29PM0.39m | 9:51AM0.48m | 10:04PM0.38m | 10:29AM0.47m | 10:37PM0.40m | 11:05AM0.49m | 11:09PM0.43m | 11:38AM0.53m | 11:39PM0.48m | 12:12PM0.58m | 00:11AM0.55m | |||||||||||||
SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SSW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SSW 12 | SW 11 | SSW 11 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 9 | SW 8 | SW 8 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SW 11 | SSW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 10 | SW 15 | SW 10 | |
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clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | clear | rain shwrs | some clouds | some clouds | clear | clear | clear | clear | some clouds | clear | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | clear | |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.0 | — | — | — | |
max°C | 20 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
Moonrise | 1:33 | — | — | 2:42 | — | — | — | 3:54 | — | — | 5:05 | — | — | 6:14 | — | — | 7:15 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:50 | — | — | — | 9:25 | — | — | 9:54 | — | — | 10:20 | — | — | 10:44 |
Moonset | 12:14 | — | — | 12:45 | — | — | 1:19 | — | — | 2:00 | — | — | 2:48 | — | — | 3:45 | — | — | 4:49 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 8:08 | — | — | 9:08 | — | — | 10:06 | — | — |
 | 5:43 | — | — | 5:43 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:45 | — | — | 5:46 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:48 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:50 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — |
 | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 8:00 | — | — | 7:59 | — | — | 7:59 | — |
Today's sea temperature in Cape Town is 17.2 °C (Statistics for 07 Jan 1981-2005 – mean: 19.6 max: 21.0 min: 18.4°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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