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Fish Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 15 Jan 2026 SAST
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Today's Fish Hoek sea temperature is
19.3° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 6AM is: 2.3m 12s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 15). An open ocean swell of 0.1m 13s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)8ft (2.4m)11s
Afternoon (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (15 Jan)6ft (1.8m)7s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
S
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.9
SSE
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1.5
S
1.2
S
1
S
0.6
SW
0.7
SSW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.9
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121111111171110101010106610910109101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1009112515431422136555338933226924022622913740892707482127154170235281678
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
10
S
5
SSW
15
WSW
25
WSW
25
WSW
20
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
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		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:27AM
1.11
1:29PM
1.21
2:07AM
1.20
2:09PM
1.29
2:42AM
1.29
2:45PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:29AM
0.52
7:58PM
0.35
8:11AM
0.43
8:33PM
0.27
8:46AM
0.36
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunrise---5:48-------5:50-------5:50----
Sunset-------8:00-------8:00-------8:00
light rain
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
2-----------------------
Temp. °C191818171718191817171818191818181818181820212120
Feels °C (?)14121110911111111121515151312141415161718181717
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