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Platboom surf Forecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Thursday 09 May 2024 SAST
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Platboom surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Platboom sea temperature is 16.8°C (Statistics for 09 May 1981-2005 - mean: 17.5 °C max: 18.7 °C min: 15.9 °C)
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Platboom surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Platboom sea temperature is 16.8°C (Statistics for 09 May 1981-2005 - mean: 17.5 °C max: 18.7 °C min: 15.9 °C)

How big are the waves at Platboom today?

The current surf forecast for Platboom at 5PM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 09). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 7.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 May)11ft (3.5m)13s
Afternoon (09 May)11ft (3.5m)14s
Evening (09 May)13ft (4.0m)14s

Table - waves today at Platboom. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly12 Days
Cape Town Surf
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Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
6
6
7
8
6
6
5
0
4
6
4
4
5
6
5
3
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
5
4
5
6
5
5
3
4
3
3
2
3
2
3
6
5
5
4
5
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.1
SSW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
0.8
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.8
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
Period(s) (?)141414141414141413131313131313121212121212141413131213131312121212121111111111201918181716161615151414141413161514141314
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4145490353686163641564846245540054545275475143073831339332892875258724402299221624261750192217341892198518571697140111449547366035374614374663753754858761354202426123548369333312845234918741700175918052005226953644591374627783110
Wind
(km/h)
15
NW
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
25
N
30
N
35
N
45
N
45
NNW
35
NW
35
W
25
WSW
25
SW
10
W
15
SW
15
SSW
10
S
15
S
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
45
SE
45
ESE
45
SE
50
SE
50
ESE
40
ESE
45
ESE
40
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
35
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
10
E
5
S
15
SW
5
WNW
10
WSW
5
S
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
15
S
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
5
SE
10
SSW
5
SW
10
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononononononononononononononcross-
on		glasscrossglasscross-
off		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		onononononononcrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:11PM
1.50
4:22AM
1.54
4:51PM
1.43
5:02AM
1.42
5:33PM
1.33
5:45AM
1.28
6:20PM
1.23
6:33AM
1.15
7:17PM
1.14
7:35AM
1.04
8:32PM
1.09
9:01AM
0.97
9:57PM
1.09
10:31AM
0.98
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:02AM
0.00
10:15PM
0.15
10:40AM
0.09
10:56PM
0.24
11:20AM
0.21
11:40PM
0.35
12:02PM
0.33
12:30AM
0.46
12:51PM
0.44
1:34AM
0.56
1:54PM
0.53
3:04AM
0.61
3:17PM
0.58
4:38AM
0.59
4:38PM
0.57
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Wednesday
15
Thursday
16
Sunrise-------7:28-------7:28-------7:30-------7:31-------7:31-------7:31-------7:33----
Sunset--5:55-------5:55-------5:54-------5:53-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------5:51-
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Rain (mm)
--------1611------------------------------------------------
Temp. °C151616151515151415161716161716161616161615141414141616141313131315181918161516161719181818171717171717171717171717171818
Feels °C (?)1212121211109571111111114131313121110876657655566912131211912131518161716181817181617161615161717171818

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