Haakgat surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 30 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 2.6°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Haakgat today?

The current surf forecast for Haakgat at 1AM is: 0.8m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 30). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

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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Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
3
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
S
1.2
S
0.7
S
0.8
SW
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
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
1.9
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)1010101199914101010991414141413131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2672579413713411811512816827329627824239339849246451169075779687410101167
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
ESE
5
ESE
5
ENE
10
WNW
15
WSW
15
SW
5
SSE
5
SSW
5
S
5
SE
5
SE
15
S
20
S
20
S
10
SSE
15
SE
5
SE
10
ESE
5
SE
10
S
15
SSW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffononcross-
on
glasscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:05PM
1.39
2:18AM
1.55
2:38PM
1.45
2:49AM
1.60
3:09PM
1.49
3:18AM
1.62
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:10PM
0.18
8:37AM
0.10
8:42PM
0.13
9:07AM
0.05
9:12PM
0.11
9:35AM
0.04
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Wednesday
01
Thursday
02
Sunrise-----6:56-------6:56-------6:58--
Sunset6:44-------6:43-------6:42-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C211818181718242220191918181822232220202021212628
Feels °C (?)181617171617232019201919192022222121212122222626
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