Sunset Beach
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Sunset Beach · your call counts for today
You're first here today. Check back this afternoon — the others will be in by then.
You're among the first here today. Check back this afternoon — the others will be in by then.
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Detailed forecast (Windguru)
Windguru's forecast for Sunset Beach.
The cape-town.at forecast and Windguru won't always agree — that's exactly why it's here. Always compare the two!
Model: GFS 13 km · Windguru spot “Sunset Beach”, 1.5 km away
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Conditions
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- NOWSWSSWSSSESE
- Surf
- · offshore at ENE–ESE · from 1 m swell
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About the spot
The southeaster arrives here first — when it fills in, Sunset Beach often gives you the best window of the day, which is why windsurfers like it. When it gets too strong, people move on to Big Bay or Melkbos.
Hazards
Shorebreak and current, like everywhere on this coast. When the swell gets too big the waves close out and getting out becomes hard work.
Launch & parking
Several public car parks in a row along Sunset Beach. They fill up in summer.
Wind source
ECMWF via Open-Meteo · Forecast
Cape correction: The ECMWF model runs on a 9 km grid and cannot resolve the Cape’s thermal wind — so in wind from southerly to westerly directions (SE to W) it reads low. Only then do we show the model value times 1.15 (mean) and times 1.25 (gusts). In every other direction, such as the north-westerly frontal winds, we apply no correction — the model resolves those. The factors are our estimate from local knowledge (as of 17 September 2026), not a measurement; they will be replaced once the comparison with measured values is in. Above a 40 kn model mean we apply no correction.
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