Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Sunday 19 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
15.9° C
(Which is 1.8°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haakgat today?

The current surf forecast for Haakgat at 3PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 18s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 3.0m 8s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Apr)6ft (1.9m)9s
Afternoon (19 Apr)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (19 Apr)15ft (4.5m)11s

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


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Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.9
SW
1.9
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
WSW
4
WSW
4.5
WSW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)999111011111112131414141413131313131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)5375241154171742084761478348175012634669086308561249324228361531132787253626133175335235274023
Wind
(km/h)
30
N
35
NNW
45
NNW
50
WNW
45
W
45
W
40
W
35
W
30
W
15
W
20
W
25
NW
20
NW
20
NW
15
N
15
N
15
N
15
NNE
15
NNW
20
WNW
15
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
onononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:37PM
1.53
4:50AM
1.59
5:21PM
1.44
5:36AM
1.46
6:11PM
1.33
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:27AM
-0.04
10:39PM
0.11
11:09AM
0.06
11:24PM
0.21
11:56AM
0.19
12:18AM
0.33
Sunday
19
Monday
20
Tuesday
21
Wed
22
Sunrise-7:11-------7:11-------7:11------
Sunset----6:19-------6:17-------6:15---
rain showers
rain showers
light rain
light rain
light rain
light rain
rain showers
rain showers
rain showers
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
light rain
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
122422111-----------1---
Temp. °C141517161414141414141516161514141413161715171716
Feels °C (?)898755567101011111111111110121313151411
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