Beach forecast for De Waterkant
Today, Wednesday, October 28, 2026 · local time (GMT+2) · Western Cape, South Africa Today, Wed, Oct 28 · GMT+2- Swimming
- Use care · 3.5 ft
- Water
- 59 °F · very cold
- Max UV
- 11 · SPF 50
- Low tide
- 10:15 am and 10:45 pm
Today, Wednesday, October 28, it's a poor beach day in De Waterkant (3/10). The best day this week is Tuesday, November 3, at 3/10.
Beach forecast for the next 7 days
| Day | Rating | Best hours | Swimming | Water | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today | 3Poor beach day | Not today | Use care · 3.5 ft | 59 °F | 11 |
| Thu 29 | 2Not a beach day | No good window | Dangerous · 9.2 ft | 58 °F | 11 |
| Fri 30 | 2Not a beach day | No good window | Use care · 6.8 ft | 57 °F | 10 |
| Sat 31 | 0Not a beach day | No good window | Dangerous · 7.1 ft | 56 °F | 10 |
| Sun 1 | 0Not a beach day | No good window | Dangerous · 7.8 ft | 53 °F | 10 |
| Mon 2 | 0Not a beach day | No good window | Dangerous · 6.1 ft | 54 °F | — |
| Tue 3 | 3Poor beach day | No good window | Use care · 5.6 ft | 56 °F | — |
Each rating comes from sun, temperature, rain, wind, waves, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide.
Today in detail
- Mostly sunny
- Feels like 79 °F: pleasant
- Low tide at 10:15 am: more sand
- Light offshore wind (11 mph): it blows floats and inflatables out to sea
- Swim with care: 3.5 ft waves every 9 s; moderate rip current risk
- UV 11 (very high): SPF 50 sunscreen
Today, hour by hour
- Swimming Use care · 3.5 ft
3.5 ft waves every 9 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. Moderate rip current risk. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
- Water 59 °F
Very cold: ease in and keep swims short.
- Sun & sunscreen UV 11 · SPF 50
Max UV 11 (very high): SPF 50 sunscreen, reapplied every 2 hours. Seek shade 11:00 am–3:00 pm (very high UV).
- Wind 11 mph
Offshore breeze (11 mph). Watch floats and inflatables: offshore wind carries them out to sea.
- Tide & sand 10:15 am
Low tide at 10:15 am and 10:45 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide at 4:15 am and 4:30 pm. Coefficient 101 (spring tides): little sand left at high tide.
We don't have data on jellyfish, sargassum or beach closures: ask the lifeguard or check with the local beach authority.
Today, hour by hour
| Time | Rating | Sky | Feels like | Wind | Waves | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 am | 0 | Mainly clear | 61 °F | 6 mph | 3.1 ft | 1 |
| 8:00 am | 1 | Mainly clear | 63 °F | 7 mph | 3.1 ft | 2 |
| 9:00 am | 3 | Clear sky | 66 °F | 8 mph | 3.1 ft | 4 |
| 10:00 am | 3 | Clear sky | 70 °F | 9 mph | 3.1 ft | 7 |
| 11:00 am | 3 | Clear sky | 73 °F | 9 mph | 3.2 ft | 9 |
| 12:00 pm | 4 | Mainly clear | 76 °F | 9 mph | 3.4 ft | 11 |
| 1:00 pm | 3 | Partly cloudy | 78 °F | 9 mph | 3.5 ft | 10 |
| 2:00 pm | 3 | Overcast | 79 °F | 9 mph | 3.7 ft | 9 |
| 3:00 pm | 2 | Partly cloudy | 77 °F | 9 mph | 4.0 ft | 6 |
| 4:00 pm | 2 | Mainly clear | 73 °F | 10 mph | 4.3 ft | 4 |
| 5:00 pm | 1 | Clear sky | 69 °F | 11 mph | 4.6 ft | 2 |
| 6:00 pm | 2 | Clear sky | 67 °F | 11 mph | 5.0 ft | 0 |
Beach hours only: from one hour after sunrise to half an hour before sunset.
Beaches near De Waterkant
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- Three Anchor Bay beach 1.3 mi · NW
- Parking
- Rocklands Beach 1.4 mi · W
- Restrooms
- Parking
- Milton Beach 1.7 mi · W
- Restrooms
- Parking
- Broken Baths Beach 1.8 mi · W
- Restrooms
- Parking
- Sunset Beach 2.1 mi · W
- Restrooms
- Parking
- No dogs
- Queens Beach 2.3 mi · W
- Restrooms
- Parking
- Saunders Rocks Beach 2.3 mi · W
- Restrooms
- Parking
- Glen Beach 3.1 mi · SW
- Parking
Named beaches within 6.2 mi, nearest first. Amenities from OpenStreetMap: some may be missing or out of date. View on OpenStreetMap · Add or fix on OpenStreetMap
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How we rate a beach day
We rate every beach hour from 0 to 10 with simple, fixed rules:
- Adds: sunshine (up to 3 points, fewer with more clouds), warmth (up to 4, from the feels-like temperature; ideal between 81 °F and 91 °F), a calm sea (1), water at 70 °F or warmer (1; from 64 °F, half) and low or mid tide (1: more sand). Anything without data is left out and the rest is scaled to 10.
- Takes away: cold (feels-like below 64 °F, 1 to 4 points), rain (half a point if likely, up to 6 if it rains; thunderstorms, 8), wind from force 4, about 12 mph (1 to 6 points; half a point more if offshore, which blows inflatables out to sea, or onshore, which churns the water), waves (1 to swim with care, 4 if dangerous, 1 more for high rip current risk), very high UV (half a point; extreme, 1), water below 59 °F (1) and spring high tides (1: little sand left).
- Swimming: calm, use care (waves from 2.6 ft, or long swell) or dangerous (from 6.6 ft, or 4.9 ft with a long period), based on how much of the wave reaches this shore given the way it faces. In the U.S., today's and tomorrow's rip current risk comes from the National Weather Service surf zone forecast when it issues one; otherwise we estimate it from the waves.
- Best windows: runs of 2 to 5 hours rated 4 or more and close to the best hour, at least one hour apart.
- Day rating: the average of the best window; a 2-hour window keeps 85% of it and a 3-hour window 95%.
Today, in the best window: sun 2 of 3, warmth 3 of 4, calm sea 0 of 1, water 0 of 1 and tide 1 of 1; minus wind 0.5, waves 1 and UV 0.5; short window: the rating keeps 85%.
It's a guide, not a guarantee: weather changes and every beach is different. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
Questions about the beach in De Waterkant
Is it a beach day in De Waterkant today?
A poor beach day: 3/10. No good beach time today.
What are the swimming conditions in De Waterkant today?
3.5 ft waves every 9 s: swim with care and stay where you can stand. Moderate rip current risk. Always follow the lifeguard's flags.
How warm is the water in De Waterkant?
About 59 °F today: very cold. That's the sea surface temperature offshore; it can differ a little at the shoreline.
How much sun protection do I need in De Waterkant today?
UV reaches 11 (very high): SPF 50 sunscreen, sunglasses and a hat, and seek shade from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
When is low tide in De Waterkant?
Today low tide is at 10:15 am and 10:45 pm: that's when there's the most sand. High tide is at 4:15 am and 4:30 pm. Coefficient 101 (spring tides): little sand left at high tide.
What about tomorrow? Will it be a beach day in De Waterkant?
Tomorrow, Thursday, October 29: not a beach day (2/10).
What beaches are near De Waterkant?
Three Anchor Bay beach (1.3 mi), Rocklands Beach (1.4 mi), Milton Beach (1.7 mi), Broken Baths Beach (1.8 mi) and Sunset Beach (2.1 mi). See below for amenities and water quality.
Are there jellyfish or sargassum today?
We don't know: there's no open data on jellyfish, sargassum or closures for each beach. Ask the lifeguard, check the flags or the local beach authority's website.
How is the rating worked out?
From the hourly forecast: sun and clouds, feels-like temperature, rain, wind (and whether it blows onshore or offshore), waves and their period, UV, water temperature and, where there is one, the tide. Each factor adds or takes away a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.
More about De Waterkant today
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Our own calculation, using the Open-Meteo forecast (ECMWF, NOAA GFS, Météo-France, Copernicus Marine and CAMS, CC BY 4.0), the tide from Cape Town (TICON-4) and the sun from astronomy-engine. Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data