Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Saturday 07 Mar 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
17.3° C
(Which is 2.1°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: 3.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 13s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Mar)11ft (3.5m)11s
Afternoon (07 Mar)8ft (2.5m)12s
Evening (07 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
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0
0
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3
4
2
2
3
3
3
4
3
3
1
1
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.3
SSW
1.6
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
Period(s) (?)81010111112121111121212121212121212121212121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5301460271932883408173116602128320124482277203317731587115816321444706647605595585475451
Wind
(km/h)
25
SW
25
SSW
30
S
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
35
S
35
SSE
25
SSE
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SSW
20
S
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
crosscrosscross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:16AM
1.51
5:33PM
1.34
5:43AM
1.40
6:01PM
1.24
6:12AM
1.27
6:33PM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05PM
0.17
11:30AM
0.19
11:32PM
0.27
11:57AM
0.29
11:58PM
0.38
12:25PM
0.41
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Sunrise---6:37-------6:39-------6:39----
Sunset------7:15-------7:14-------7:12-
clear
light rain
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-1----------------------
Temp. °C191816161819181616151414212627242220192028323329
Feels °C (?)16131010111111911111010182222211917161725282826
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