Fish Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 22 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 7AM is: 3.5m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 22). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)15s
Afternoon (22 Apr)11ft (3.5m)16s
Evening (22 Apr)10ft (3.0m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
0.8
SSW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.8
SSW
Period(s) (?)121315151616161615151414141313131312121212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)239435564902560056935645543251924078328625232085168010281026643476339269250183198151156
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSW
20
S
25
SSE
30
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
35
SE
30
ESE
20
ESE
15
E
10
E
5
E
5
SSE
10
S
10
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
SE
5
NE
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononglasscross-
on
ononononglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:30AM
1.30
7:13PM
1.22
7:42AM
1.15
8:40PM
1.14
9:22AM
1.06
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:17AM
0.34
12:51PM
0.34
1:28AM
0.46
2:07PM
0.46
3:10AM
0.54
3:47PM
0.50
Wednesday
22
Thursday
23
Friday
24
Sunrise---7:13-------7:13-------7:15----
Sunset------6:15-------6:14-------6:13-
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161616161617171513131313151820191918181822242321
Feels °C (?)11111110910108791010131617161715151619212118
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