Haakgat Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (33.75° S 18.44° E)

Surf Forecasts:

Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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 1.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haakgat today?

The current surf forecast for Haakgat at 10AM is: 1.7m 11s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 1.1m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Sep)	6ft (1.9m)	11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)	5ft (1.5m)	11s
Evening (18 Sep)	5.5ft (1.7m)	11s

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

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	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
	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	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	0	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	S	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	SSW	S	S
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	10	10	10	10	10	9	12	12	11	9	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	1182	976	640	553	617	708	834	821	594	773	699	639	370	363	360	201	122	118	132	130	94	45	84	75
Wind (km/h)	NE	ENE	S	SW	SSW	SSE	SSE	ESE	ESE	ESE	SE	S	SSW	SSE	N	NNW	N	N	NW	WNW	W	WNW	ENE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	glass	cross- off	glass	cross- on	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross	cross- on	glass	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)				1:31PM 1.36				1:48AM 1.34					2:06PM 1.47				2:22AM 1.41				2:36PM 1.55
Low Tide / height (m)		7:20AM 0.30				7:48PM 0.26				7:57AM 0.21					8:22PM 0.17				8:28AM 0.15				8:52PM 0.11

	Thursday 18							Friday 19								Saturday 20								Sun 21
Sunrise	-	6:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:38	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:39	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	14	15	15	14	13	13	12	12	17	21	20	20	19	17	15	14	17	16	15	14	14	14
Feels °C (?)	10	9	12	11	12	10	10	10	9	9	15	19	18	18	17	15	12	12	14	13	13	14	14	14

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Haakgat (light winds from the ENE at Robben Island 8 km from Haakgat). 1.8m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 10s swell from the W and a 0.6m 17s long period groundswell from the SW. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
2 hours 2 minutes ago Haakgat

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2 h 2 min ago

7 km/h

ENE

Clean

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