Holbaai surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 SAST
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Holbaai surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Holbaai sea temperature is
14.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Holbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Holbaai at 4AM is: 4.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.3m 14s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am September 16). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (16 Sep)15ft (4.5m)12s
Afternoon (16 Sep)13ft (4.0m)12s
Evening (16 Sep)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

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Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
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Rating
(10 max)
0
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4
4
1
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Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
4
WSW
5
WSW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.3
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.9
SSW
1.4
S
1.6
S
Period(s) (?)121212131212121112111212121212121212111111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)4978131827369683954634679385434853445344132953350306627412364213619071638129011781008971773871
Wind
(km/h)
40
WNW
35
WNW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
SSW
5
S
10
SSE
5
E
5
ENE
10
SW
15
WSW
15
SW
15
SW
10
S
0
E
5
NE
5
ENE
5
WSW
15
WSW
20
SSW
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
10:34PM
1.07
11:41AM
1.10
12:10AM
1.14
12:47PM
1.23
1:07AM
1.25
1:31PM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:18AM
0.51
6:04PM
0.51
6:33AM
0.41
7:05PM
0.38
7:20AM
0.30
7:48PM
0.26
Tuesday
16
Wednesday
17
Thursday
18
Sunrise---6:45-------6:43-------6:41----
Sunset------6:37-------6:37-------6:38-
rain showers
light rain
rain showers
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
212---------------------
Temp. °C151514141413131313121111131413131312111114141413
Feels °C (?)899998991099910109910119912101010
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  1. weather stationWind Update Continuing clean conditions at Holbaai (calm at Thornton wx 22 km from Holbaai). 4.1m 12s groundswell from the WSW which is too big for here.

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22 km away, 53 min ago

5 km/h
NNW
0.0
14.8
Air / Water (°C)
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