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V&A Waterfront

Cape Town, South Africa · 33.903°S 18.422°E

SUPERADVISEDOPERATIONAL

A working harbour tourist complex with a genuine superyacht quay on the Atlantic corner of Africa. Table Bay weather, port control and a Cape-to-Rio / World Race stopover culture.

Live channels · not a chart · not a reservation

Estimate

Clear at 2026-08-27T02:15 Africa/Johannesburg. Wind 3 kn from E, gusts 5 kn. It is after local sunset. If this harbour publishes a night-entry restriction, treat it as active until sunrise. Model significant wave 2.0 m from SSW — coastal model, not a harbour sounding. SST 13.8 °C.

Wind: 3 kn E
Gusts: 5 kn
Waves: 2.0 m
Twilight: Night

Max LOA

90 m

Reported

Max draft

6 m

Reported

VHF

Verified

August band

MODERATE

Estimate

Busy-time intelligence

August: no dedicated climatology window — using harbour baseline. HIGH December–February and race stopovers A south-easter can make the basin untenable even with a reserved berth. This is an estimate derived from declared inventory and seasonal demand, not a live sensor count or a passenger-style headcount.

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Explainable reliability

No harbour score. Each metric says why.

Seasonal berth pressureMODERATEEstimate
- Cape summer
- race stopovers
Climatology derived from declared inventory and seasonal demand — labelled estimate

Observation foundation

OCCUPANCY_RATIOCLIMATOLOGY · ratio · estimate label required
ARRIVALS_PER_HOURHISTORICAL · calls/h · estimate label required
WINDCLIMATOLOGY · kn
TIDE_HEIGHTCLIMATOLOGY · m

Emergency

Groote Schuur / Cape Town trauma

Medevac accepted (REPORTED)

Sustainability

Pump-out yes · shore power preferred yes

Hours

08:00–17:00

Night watch yes

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