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Holbaai surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 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
15.0° C
 (Which is 5.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Holbaai today?

The current surf forecast for Holbaai at 6AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.5m 10s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 0.9m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)101013121212111212111111111111111110111212111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)142142269248240228209190190174198191163191194194187216187205298268268268
Wind
(km/h)
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SSW
15
WSW
20
S
10
SSE
10
ESE
0
E
5
NW
10
NNE
15
W
25
SSW
25
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
S
20
SSW
25
S
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crossoncrosscross-
off		cross-
off		glasscross-
on		cross-
off		oncross-
on		crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:50AM
1.64
5:04PM
1.47
5:23AM
1.59
5:37PM
1.39
5:55AM
1.50
6:10PM
1.29
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37PM
0.02
11:05AM
0.09
11:09PM
0.09
11:39AM
0.15
11:40PM
0.18
12:12PM
0.24
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sunrise---6:09-------6:11-------6:11----
Sunset------7:49-------7:47-------7:46-
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C222121222627282323232121232524212020192023262421
Feels °C (?)242222242827272425262322232322191920181922242120
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