Fish Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Apr 2026 SAST
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Today's Fish Hoek sea temperature is
18.8° C
(Which is slightly warmer than usual)

How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 8AM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 3.0m 14s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 20). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (20 Apr)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (20 Apr)8ft (2.5m)14s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
5
3
3
3
4
4
3
3
3
2
3
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
WSW
4
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
Period(s) (?)111112141414141414131313131212121213141516161616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)271824312321539136063390303127032448201217301569149718842017193721042800382648435323534151283913
Wind
(km/h)
45
W
35
W
30
W
25
W
25
W
25
WNW
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
15
W
25
SW
20
SSW
20
S
20
S
25
SSE
25
SE
30
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.60
5:20PM
1.44
5:36AM
1.46
6:10PM
1.33
6:30AM
1.30
7:13PM
1.22
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:39PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.06
11:24PM
0.21
11:56AM
0.19
12:17AM
0.34
12:51PM
0.34
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wednesday
22
Sunrise---7:11-------7:13-------7:13----
Sunset------6:16-------6:15-------6:15-
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
clear
clear
rain showers
part cloud
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
part cloud
light rain
light rain
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
111-1--1-111-31---------
Temp. °C151515151616171616151515161617171717171617171716
Feels °C (?)6789101011121111121111131212121211101110109
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