Fish Hoek Surf Break

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.44° E

Fish Hoek 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 1 am 08 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Fish Hoek sea temperature is
12.7°C
3.0° 

How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today (08 Sep):

  • Morning surf: Morning surf (08 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 12s period with SSW swell.
  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 10s period with S swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (08 Sep, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 11s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 10AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 0.6m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Sep)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)10s
Evening (08 Sep)2ft (0.6m)11s

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


Short Range Forecast

Mostly dry. Warm (max 25°C on Tue afternoon, min 14°C on Wed night). Winds increasing (light winds from the ESE on Tue morning, fresh winds from the SSE by Thu night).

Tuesday
8
Wednesday
9
Thursday
10
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
2 AM
5 AM
8 AM
11 AM
2 PM
5 PM
8 PM
11 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1
SSW
12
1.2
SSW
12
1.1
SSW
12
0.8
S
11
0.6
S
10
0.7
SSW
10
0.6
WSW
11
0.6
SW
11
0.4
SW
14
0.5
SW
14
0.6
SW
14
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.6
SW
13
0.8
SW
13
0.9
SW
12
1.1
SW
12
1.1
SW
16
1.7
SW
15
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
14
1.6
SW
13
1.5
SW
13
1.4
SW
13
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
303
378
341
149
71
108
81
77
74
97
147
140
138
136
190
260
330
567
1305
1092
1048
846
757
613
Wind (km/h)
0
SSW
5
SSW
5
ESE
10
NNW
15
SW
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
S
10
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
10
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
S
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State
glassy
cross
on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
1:06AM1.32m
1:35PM1.43m
1:53AM1.43m
2:16PM1.56m
2:33AM1.51m
2:52PM1.66m
Low Tide
7:23AM0.23m
7:51PM0.20m
8:05AM0.12m
8:32PM0.09m
8:42AM0.05m
9:09PM0.01m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
6:56
6:54
6:52
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
6:31
6:32
6:32
 mm
Temp °C
22
21
20
24
25
20
20
20
18
17
16
18
18
16
15
15
15
14
14
16
16
16
15
14
Feels °C
22
20
19
23
23
18
19
18
17
16
16
17
16
13
13
13
14
13
12
14
14
13
12
10
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