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Fish Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Thursday 29 Jan 2026 SAST
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Today's Fish Hoek sea temperature is
19.4° C
 (Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 4AM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.1m 5s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am January 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Jan)5.5ft (1.7m)13s
Afternoon (29 Jan)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (29 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212121112121211111010101817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11471077966951778678667540531455407400337298273273359273224235142163318951
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on		cross-
on		ononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:17AM
1.13
12:36PM
1.29
1:24AM
1.26
1:39PM
1.39
2:16AM
1.40
2:29PM
1.48
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:22AM
0.47
7:11PM
0.29
7:32AM
0.35
8:04PM
0.17
8:25AM
0.22
Thursday
29
Friday
30
Saturday
31
Sunrise---6:03-------6:03-------6:05----
Sunset------7:53-------7:52-------7:52-
clear
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)
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Temp. °C191818182122212121201920222222212120202021222120
Feels °C (?)141314151919181719191920222121202019202019201817
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