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Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 02 Feb 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
14.6° C
 (Which is 5.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haakgat today?

The current surf forecast for Haakgat at 6AM is: 1.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Feb)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Afternoon (02 Feb)5ft (1.5m)12s
Evening (02 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
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)
2
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SSW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
Period(s) (?)131313121212121212111111111010101010131212121112
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2002141711361197936614594365306237207196182175142145142131269248240228205190
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
S
15
S
10
S
15
S
20
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
10
S
15
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
S
15
SW
20
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off		crosscross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:39AM
1.61
3:52PM
1.55
4:15AM
1.65
4:29PM
1.53
4:50AM
1.64
5:04PM
1.47
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:27PM
0.02
9:51AM
0.07
10:03PM
0.00
10:29AM
0.06
10:37PM
0.02
11:05AM
0.09
Monday
02
Tuesday
03
Wednesday
04
Sunrise---6:07-------6:09-------6:09----
Sunset------7:50-------7:50-------7:49-
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020202122222020202021232424232321212226262523
Feels °C (?)202021212120201819202122242424242421222328262523
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