Fish Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 21 Apr 2026 SAST
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Today's Fish Hoek sea temperature is
18.7° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 4PM is: 3.0m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 2.5m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.2m 18s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm April 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)13s
Afternoon (21 Apr)10ft (3.0m)12s
Evening (21 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s

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


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Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.2
S
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)121212121213151516161616151514141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)164330263073225323943355485356005693564554324891413931142523208513361028781643476339403250
Wind
(km/h)
25
NW
20
WSW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
25
ESE
20
ESE
10
E
10
E
5
ESE
5
SSE
5
SSE
5
SE
5
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:10PM
1.33
6:30AM
1.30
7:13PM
1.22
7:42AM
1.15
8:40PM
1.14
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:56AM
0.19
12:17AM
0.34
12:51PM
0.34
1:28AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.46
3:10AM
0.54
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise-------7:13-------7:13-------7:15
Sunset--6:15-------6:15-------6:14-----
light rain
light rain
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
131---------------------
Temp. °C161717171616161616171715141313131518202019181819
Feels °C (?)12141212111110109101089910111316171817151517
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