Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Monday 06 Apr 2026 SAST
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Haakgat surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Haakgat sea temperature is
16.4° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haakgat today?

The current surf forecast for Haakgat at 11AM is: 4.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Afternoon (06 Apr)13ft (4.0m)14s
Evening (06 Apr)11ft (3.5m)13s

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


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Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
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4
4
3
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
S
1.9
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
Period(s) (?)141414141413131313131313131313121212131313121111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5809576161635808509343043728331427731674140815121496140012261005855812851653539528501544
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
10
S
20
S
25
S
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
5
E
0
W
15
WSW
15
SSW
10
SSE
10
SE
5
ESE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:10AM
1.36
5:33PM
1.25
5:40AM
1.25
6:06PM
1.15
6:14AM
1.14
6:51PM
1.05
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:23AM
0.28
11:31PM
0.39
11:53AM
0.39
12:03AM
0.50
12:30PM
0.49
12:45AM
0.61
Monday
06
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thu
09
Sunrise-7:01-------7:01-------7:03------
Sunset----6:35-------6:34-------6:31---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C171719191817161515152024242122212122282725232121
Feels °C (?)141515141313131313131821211920181820272322212021
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