Surf Forecasts:
How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today (21 Jul):
- Morning surf: Morning surf (21 Jul, local time) - 5.5ft (1.7m), 14s period with SSW swell.
- Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (21 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.9m), 14s period with SW swell.
- Evening surf: Evening surf (21 Jul, local time) - 6ft (1.8m), 13s period with SW swell.
The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 5AM is: 1.0m 15s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.7m 7s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 21). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (21 Jul) | 5.5ft (1.7m) | 14s |
| Afternoon (21 Jul) | 6ft (1.9m) | 14s |
| Evening (21 Jul) | 6ft (1.8m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Fish Hoek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Short Range ForecastMostly dry. Very mild (max 15°C on Tue afternoon, min 11°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tuesday 21 | Wednesday 22 | Thursday 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | |
Swell Height Map |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |||||||||||||||
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 18 | SW 17 |
Wave Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ | 217 | 443 | 934 | 1249 | 1408 | 1218 | 1067 | 946 | 825 | 656 | 645 | 700 | 712 | 721 | 555 | 367 | 414 | 546 | 583 | 600 | 698 | 974 | 4597 | 5441 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy | cross-off | cross-off | glassy | glassy | cross | cross-on | cross-on | cross-on | cross | glassy | cross-off | off | off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | cross-off | glassy |
High Tide | 8:13AM1.07m | 8:35PM1.19m | 9:19AM1.00m | 9:42PM1.11m | 10:47AM0.97m | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide | 2:13AM0.43m | 2:07PM0.50m | 3:13AM0.51m | 3:12PM0.60m | 4:33AM0.55m | 4:45PM0.64m | ||||||||||||||||||
 |  |  | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |  | | | | | |
 | — | 7:47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7:46 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
 | — | — | — | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5:59 | — | — |
mm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Temp °C | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
Feels °C | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 |
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 7 | SSW 15 | SSW 14 | SW 14 | SW 14 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 12 | SW 11 | SW 12 | SW 13 | SW 18 | SW 17 |
| kJ | 54 | 443 | 934 | 1249 | 1408 | 1218 | 1067 | 946 | 825 | 656 | 645 | 700 | 712 | 721 | 555 | 367 | 414 | 546 | 583 | 600 | 698 | 974 | 4597 | 5441 |
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SSW 16 | SW 7 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SE 11 | SSW 14 | SSW 13 | SSW 12 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SE 13 | SW 21 | SSW 19 | SE 12 | SE 12 |
| kJ | 217 | 53 | 30 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 73 | 225 | 198 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 116 | 657 | 23 | 23 |
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s) | SW 12 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | W 9 | — | — | — | — | — | SE 11 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 11 | SE 14 | SE 14 | SE 13 | SE 8 | — | SE 13 | SE 12 | — | — |
| kJ | 93 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 3 | — | 7 | 24 | — | — |
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | WNW 3 | WNW 3 | NW 3 | NW 3 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | NNW 4 | N 4 | NNW 4 | — | — |
| kJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 3 | — | — |
Nearest Offshore or Glassy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance (km) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Header Global | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
- Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)- Wind Speed (km/h)
FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website
The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our Fish Hoek surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.
Nearest