Fish Hoek 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.44° E

Issued: 1 pm 28 Oct 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's Fish Hoek sea temperature is

16.8°C

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today (28 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (28 Oct, local time) - 1.5ft (0.5m), 10s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (28 Oct, local time) - 2ft (0.6m), 19s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (28 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.3m), 16s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 6PM is: 0.8m 18s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 9s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.7m 4s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (28 Oct)	1.5ft (0.5m)	10s
Afternoon (28 Oct)	2ft (0.6m)	19s
Evening (28 Oct)	4.5ft (1.3m)	16s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Very mild (max 19°C on Wed afternoon, min 16°C on Wed night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Wed 28					Thursday 29								Friday 30
	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
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 20	SW 19	SW 18	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	63	133	452	667	1210	1140	1140	1034	1079	898	757	680	519	373	367	367	361	553	211	472	464
Wind (km/h)	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	SSE	S	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide			4:23PM1.60m				4:53AM1.46m					5:08PM1.48m				5:41AM1.37m				5:59PM1.34m
Low Tide	10:12AM0.11m				10:41PM0.05m				10:56AM0.19m					11:26PM0.16m				11:48AM0.30m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	18	19	18	17	17	17	16	18	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	19	19	19	18	17
Feels °C	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	16	16	16	16	14	14	13	14	13	15	15	14	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 10	SW 9	SW 9	SW 16	SW 16	SW 15	SW 15	SW 14	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	WSW 14	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12
kJ	50	103	120	667	1210	1140	1140	1034	1079	898	757	680	519	373	367	367	361	553	211	472	464
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 9	SW 19	SW 18	WSW 12	—	—	SE 7	S 6	SE 8	—	SE 12	SSW 16	SSW 16	SSW 15	—	—	SW 15	SSW 12	SW 12	SSW 12	SSW 11
kJ	26	133	452	239	—	—	2	17	3	—	5	26	26	23	—	—	80	98	147	30	49
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 20	—	NW 13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W 12	—	—	—	W 12	—	ESE 9	WSW 14	SE 10	SE 10
kJ	63	—	7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	3	—	34	140	23	24
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 8	SSE 4	SE 4	SE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 4
kJ	15	32	9	16	27	28	29	28	31	32	28	24	35	39	21	37	33	24	15	15	19
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Olifants Bos Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Noordhoek Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Victoria Bay Garden Route	Dias Beach Garden Route	Koeel Bay Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Off The Wall Cape Town	Hawston Overberg	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Milnerton Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	1	1	2	3
Distance (km)	15	10	401	8	8	8	8	8	10	10	379	339	37	28	25	70	339	339	339	70	32
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Olifants Bos	Long Beach		Captains	Haakgat	Haakgat	Kreefte Reef	Haakgat	Long Beach	Milnerton			Captains	Captains	Captains						Captains
Rating (10 max)	2	2		4	4	4	4	4	4	4			4	3	3						4
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Igoda Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Reunion Durban/KZN South	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Captains Cape Town	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Sea Vista Eastern Cape (S)	Kromme Rivermouth Eastern Cape (S)	Leftovers Eastern Cape (S)	Santos Reef Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Captains Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	3	4
Header Global	Anael France	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Tahai Chile	Tahai Chile	Tahai Chile	Afife Portugal	Blackfellows Australia	Ahijedero Mexico	Easter Reef Australia	Dunedin - Cob Cottage New Zealand	Shipstern Bluff Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Easter Reef Australia	Tahai Chile	Lebu Chile	Buchupureo Chile	Barrancon Chile	Dunedin - Cob Cottage New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand
Rating (10 max)	5	5	5	6	6	6	4	5	4	5	5	9	5	5	5	5	5	4	7	8	6

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