Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 11 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
16.1° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haakgat today?

The current surf forecast for Haakgat at 1PM is: 1.8m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 11). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (11 Apr)6ft (1.9m)13s
Afternoon (11 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s
Evening (11 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s

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


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Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
3
2
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
0
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1
SW
0.8
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)131313131312121212121212111111111111101014141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)11791266115511201086812773761748736661583483479377293254187212208241656778905
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
15
SSE
10
S
10
SW
15
S
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
10
S
10
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
10
S
10
SSE
5
SE
5
SE
10
SSW
15
SW
10
SW
5
S
5
SE
5
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
crosscross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
glass
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:48AM
0.98
11:40PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
4:51AM
0.68
5:15PM
0.57
Saturday
11
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tue
14
Sunrise-7:05-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset----6:29-------6:27-------6:25---
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191821222219181818182021201818171616202222201919
Feels °C (?)181620212018171918191919181717171616202121201920
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