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Cape Doctor (South-Easter) tops out at 10 kn. Nothing rideable today.
Model ensemble · not calibrated here yet · forecast, not measured what that means
Same call as last night
6–10kn no window
Cape Doctor (South-Easter) · SE/S · Onshore 27°
09:0015:0021:00
Peak 10 kn at 18:00. Nothing reaches your range today, so the strip stays uncoloured: there is data, and it is honestly short.
- Water
- 17°
- Air
- 17°
- Suit
- 3/2 full suit
- Morning
- 16°Rain
- Midday
- 15°Rain
- Afternoon
- 15°
- Evening
- 14°Rain
wave 1.9 m · onshore 27°›
Wind angle
27°
Wave
- Wave
- 1.9 m
- Period
- 9 s
- From
- WSW
Local knowledge
The south-easter runs side-shore along this coast and the water moves with it: gear failure means a fast drift out into Table Bay toward Robben Island, in water cold enough to end the swim. A kiteboarder died off this beach in September 2025. Ride with others, tell someone your plan, and never go further out than you can swim back in 14-degree water.
This is the Benguela, not the Med: 13-16 C most of the season, colder inshore when a long…›
This is the Benguela, not the Med: 13-16 C most of the season, colder inshore when a long south-easter drives the upwelling. A full suit is standard even in January, and the cold is what turns a small problem far out into a big one.
Cameras & links
- Webcam Kite Beach cam (windreport.co.za)
- Station Kite Beach live wind (windreport.co.za)a real meter at the beach, not a forecast
- Station Cape Town airport METAR (FACT)
About this forecast›
No openly available high-resolution weather model covers this spot (some commercial sites run private local models). The forecast runs on continental and global models, which resolve the coastline more coarsely; expect a wider margin than at a spot with a local model.
No live wind sensor here yet. The number above is forecast, not measured.