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Fish Hoek Surf Forecast
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Fish Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today?
The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 1PM is: 1.5m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.5m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (18 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
| Afternoon (18 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 11s |
| Evening (18 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 11s |
Table - waves today at Fish Hoek. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 2 AM | |
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Swell Height Map |    |    |    |    | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 kJ (?) | 704 | 593 | 494 | 494 | 494 | 485 | 513 | 470 | 478 | 411 | 411 | 325 | 242 | 233 | 155 | 121 | 196 | 196 | 267 | 215 | 222 | 222 | 215 | 155 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | glass | glass | cross | cross- on | cross- on | cross- on | on | on | on | on | cross- on | cross- on | on | cross | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | off | off | glass | glass |
High Tide / height (m) | 1:32PM 1.36 | 1:48AM 1.34 | 2:07PM 1.47 | 2:22AM 1.41 | 2:37PM 1.55 | |||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 7:21AM 0.30 | 7:48PM 0.27 | 7:58AM 0.21 | 8:23PM 0.18 | 8:29AM 0.15 | 8:53PM 0.11 | ||||||||||||||||||
Thursday 18 | Friday 19 | Saturday 20 | Sun 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | 6:41 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sunset | - | - | - | - | 6:38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:39 | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Feels °C (?) | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Still cross-shore at Fish Hoek (light winds from the SSW at Slangkop 12 km from Fish Hoek). 2.1m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.6m 14s groundswell from the S. 2 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
1 h 45 min ago
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