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Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 08 Jan 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
14.3° C
 (Which is 5.3°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haakgat today?

The current surf forecast for Haakgat at 12PM is: 2.1m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)7.5ft (2.3m)12s
Afternoon (08 Jan)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (08 Jan)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
2
0
0
1
2
!
!
3
4
2
1
0
2
3
3
3
2
2
0
1
3
2
4
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
WSW
2
WSW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
WSW
2.4
S
2.5
S
1.8
WSW
2.4
S
2
S
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
WSW
0.9
SSW
1.1
SW
2
S
1.3
SSW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121211111111111110101199121111141481312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1877144812291100108212791938207817961665128112411328815895621452366275357431517563494
Wind
(km/h)
5
NNW
10
NW
20
WNW
20
WNW
20
WNW
10
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
20
S
30
S
40
S
35
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
S
20
SSW
25
S
20
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:37AM
1.44
6:53PM
1.20
7:19AM
1.34
7:40PM
1.10
8:05AM
1.24
8:37PM
1.01
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:57PM
0.32
12:54AM
0.34
1:43PM
0.42
1:35AM
0.46
2:37PM
0.49
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sun
11
Sunrise-5:43-------5:45-------5:46------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C161820202120191918192323232220171619263030252320
Feels °C (?)151617182021191816162018161616141416232626222119
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