Holbaai surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 02 Jul 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
15.2° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Holbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Holbaai at 9PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 0.9m 16s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)--
Afternoon (02 Jul)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (02 Jul)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

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Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thu
10
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.2
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.7
SW
3
WNW
3
WSW
4
W
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.4
SSW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
1.9
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.3
S
2.3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)1212121212159141414131313131313810111212151514151514141414131313121212121212161616151514141414141313111414131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)245722672229220621656512247428062745251322752209215616161473145017732230399737813709665769596596668761695530516042984125387641974143399435813275308832643075349546494298377130612667227819861538121110661130158339374996488346434847542462015761
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSW
5
SE
5
N
10
NNW
5
E
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SW
10
W
15
WNW
15
NW
20
NNW
25
N
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
N
10
NW
5
SSW
5
SW
5
NNE
10
NNW
15
NW
15
WNW
10
W
20
W
20
W
20
W
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
20
SW
10
S
0
ESE
0
NNE
5
ENE
5
ENE
5
NE
5
W
5
WSW
0
SW
5
E
10
ENE
10
ENE
5
NE
5
NNE
10
WNW
5
WSW
5
W
5
W
5
WNW
5
NNE
10
NNE
10
N
10
NW
5
WNW
5
NNW
10
NNE
10
NNE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscrossoffcrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
crossglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crossglassglassglassglasscross-
off
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
onglassglassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:39PM
1.21
9:15AM
1.01
9:36PM
1.16
10:26AM
1.00
10:40PM
1.14
11:37AM
1.02
11:43PM
1.15
12:36PM
1.08
12:39AM
1.19
1:24PM
1.15
1:27AM
1.25
2:06PM
1.22
2:10AM
1.31
2:45PM
1.30
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:08PM
0.49
3:14AM
0.50
3:06PM
0.56
4:20AM
0.52
4:17PM
0.60
5:27AM
0.50
5:32PM
0.60
6:25AM
0.45
6:35PM
0.55
7:14AM
0.39
7:26PM
0.49
7:56AM
0.32
8:09PM
0.42
8:34AM
0.25
8:48PM
0.36
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thu
10
Sunrise-----7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50------
Sunset5:47-------5:49-------5:49-------5:50-------5:50-------5:51-------5:51-------5:52---
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Rain (mm)
-1111563--1-1---512132--11121213211---------------------------
Temp. °C161514131212121214141413121113141212131413131313141313131413131413131313121212141313121111111213131313131211121413131313
Feels °C (?)1515141211778101211108566541113121211101110989879910121210101012111210989101011121112109101212121111
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