Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 31 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haakgat today?

The current surf forecast for Haakgat at 2PM is: 0.6m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 8s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 0.7m 9s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 31). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (31 Mar)3ft (0.9m)9s
Afternoon (31 Mar)2ft (0.6m)14s
Evening (31 Mar)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
1
0
0
3
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
4
1
2
4
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
S
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.6
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
2.2
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)9991410101099141414141313131312121212141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)134118115128168273296278242393393492464451690680796907102611871060192217771607
Wind
(km/h)
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
SE
5
S
5
S
10
SE
10
SE
15
S
20
S
25
S
15
SSE
10
SE
10
E
10
E
10
SSW
5
ENE
15
WSW
10
SSW
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffononcross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffcross-
on
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:18AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
2:49AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.49
3:18AM
1.62
3:38PM
1.49
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:37AM
0.10
8:42PM
0.13
9:07AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.11
9:35AM
0.04
9:40PM
0.12
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Fri
03
Sunrise-6:56-------6:56-------6:58------
Sunset----6:43-------6:42-------6:39---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----------------------2
Temp. °C181824222020191818192223222020212221272727262521
Feels °C (?)181723201920191919212221202021212222282525262522
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