Fish Hoek 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.13° S 18.44° E

Issued: 1 pm 29 Oct 2026 (local time)

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Today's Fish Hoek sea temperature is

16.8°C

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at Fish Hoek today (29 Oct):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Oct, local time) - 5ft (1.6m), 14s period with SW swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Oct, local time) - 4.5ft (1.4m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for Fish Hoek at 4PM is: 1.7m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Southeast direction, 0.6m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm October 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	14s
Afternoon (29 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	14s
Evening (29 Oct)	4.5ft (1.4m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 20°C on Thu afternoon, min 16°C on Sat night). Mainly fresh winds.
	Thu 29					Friday 30								Saturday 31
	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	0	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 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 14	WSW 14	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 13
Wave Graph
kJ	1079	898	976	680	519	373	367	319	314	476	487	414	429	365	353	313	307	296	233	335	569
Wind (km/h)	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	SSE	S	S	S	S	S
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	cross	cross-on	cross-on
High Tide				5:08PM1.48m				5:41AM1.37m				5:59PM1.34m				6:40AM1.26m				7:05PM1.19m
Low Tide	10:56AM0.19m					11:26PM0.16m				11:48AM0.30m				00:19AM0.29m				12:53PM0.42m


	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:48	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5:47	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	7:10	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7:13	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	19	19	19	18	17	17	17	17	18	19	18	17	16
Feels °C	18	18	16	14	14	13	14	13	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	17	16	14	13
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 14	WSW 14	SW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 12	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 11	WSW 12	SW 13	SW 13
kJ	1079	898	976	680	519	373	367	319	314	476	487	414	429	365	353	313	307	296	233	335	569
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SE 8	—	SE 12	SW 16	SSW 16	SSW 16	—	SW 15	SW 15	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 12	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SSW 11	SW 10	SW 10	WSW 11	WSW 12
kJ	2	—	5	67	26	24	—	57	109	98	87	30	50	24	23	23	11	25	49	130	29
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	—	—	SE 11	—	—	—	—	—	SE 9	SE 9	SSW 5	—	—	SE 10	SE 10	W 11	SE 9	SW 14	E 9	ESE 9
kJ	—	—	—	5	—	—	—	—	—	22	23	2	—	—	24	24	2	3	93	2	17
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 4	SSE 4	SSE 5	SSE 5	SE 5	SE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 5	SSE 4	S 5	S 6	S 6	S 6
kJ	25	25	13	23	40	52	57	57	50	44	35	40	40	39	33	30	27	38	60	78	77
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	Dunes Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Long Beach Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Voelklip Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Milnerton Cape Town	Hell West Coast	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Hawston Overberg	Dumps Cape Town	Dumps Cape Town	The Wedge Cape Town	Strand (Pipe) Cape Town	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route	Ding Dangs Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	3	4	1	1	1	3	3	2	2	1	1	1
Distance (km)	8	8	10	10	401	84	28	28	25	32	164	339	339	70	28	28	25	36	339	339	339
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Kreefte Reef	Kreefte Reef	Sollys	Milnerton			Captains	Captains	Captains	Captains					Captains	Beach Road	Captains	Beach Road
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4			4	3	3	3					3	3	3	3
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Stompneus West Coast	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Hell West Coast	Santos Reef Garden Route	Santos Reef Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Queensberry Bay Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Super Tubes Eastern Cape (S)	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	2	2	3	3	3	4	3	2	3	2
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Rating (10 max)	5	5	4	5	6	9	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	5	5	4	5	4

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