Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 07 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 4AM is: 3.0m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 2.0m 14s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)7ft (2.2m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (07 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)13s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
!
!
!
4
4
2
2
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131313131313121212131313121111111212121616
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)3543324727731783140815121496140013551134870913851653539528501492606583593583602803
Wind
(km/h)
20
SSE
15
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
15
ESE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
E
0
NW
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
SSE
10
SSE
10
ESE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
SSE
15
SSW
10
S
5
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:40AM
1.25
6:06PM
1.15
6:14AM
1.14
6:51PM
1.05
7:02AM
1.03
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:31PM
0.39
11:53AM
0.39
12:03AM
0.50
12:30PM
0.49
12:45AM
0.61
1:27PM
0.59
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Sunrise---7:01-------7:03-------7:03----
Sunset------6:34-------6:31-------6:30-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161615152024242122212122282724222121212126282925
Feels °C (?)131414141821212020191820262321212020202025252725
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