Fish Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 07 Apr 2026 SAST
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Today's Fish Hoek sea temperature is
20.0° C
(Which is 1.4°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 7PM is: 1.5m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.8m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.3m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (07 Apr)5ft (1.6m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)5ft (1.5m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
3
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
S
1
S
1
S
1
S
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121313121313121313131312111112121212161615151414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12361028746787594688598515421335335300245245254259263235310411648836813886
Wind
(km/h)
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
10
SE
5
ESE
5
NW
10
SW
10
S
5
SSE
10
SE
5
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
15
SE
10
SE
5
NE
10
N
15
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglasscross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:05PM
1.15
6:13AM
1.14
6:48PM
1.05
7:00AM
1.03
8:07PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:52AM
0.38
12:01AM
0.50
12:29PM
0.49
12:43AM
0.61
1:25PM
0.59
2:08AM
0.70
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Sunrise-------7:03-------7:03-------7:03
Sunset--6:32-------6:31-------6:30-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C172019191918192125262321212220202224232324252322
Feels °C (?)151715161616172024242221212219202223222224242120
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