Fish Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 18 Apr 2026 SAST
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Today's Fish Hoek sea temperature is
18.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 8AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 15s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 18). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Apr)8ft (2.5m)12s
Afternoon (18 Apr)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (18 Apr)6ft (1.8m)10s

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


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Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
4
4
2
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
3
6
3
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
WSW
1.9
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
0.2
SSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12111212111111109999101910101111121414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)10829271760173913401141366674501387302380622351772212222412183214452553519324730822703
Wind
(km/h)
15
W
25
W
20
WNW
20
NW
25
NW
30
NW
35
NW
30
NW
25
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
35
NNW
50
NNW
50
WNW
45
WNW
50
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
25
W
30
WNW
30
NW
35
NW
25
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:28AM
1.73
3:56PM
1.57
4:08AM
1.69
4:36PM
1.53
4:50AM
1.60
5:20PM
1.44
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:18PM
0.04
9:47AM
-0.08
9:57PM
0.05
10:27AM
-0.03
10:39PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.06
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Sunrise---7:09-------7:11-------7:11----
Sunset------6:20-------6:17-------6:16-
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light rain
light rain
light rain
mod rain
light rain
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
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rain showers
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clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
21--111222122642111111--
Temp. °C161616161616161615151515161615141414141516161616
Feels °C (?)1311111210109101011108785455691010911
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