Horse Trails surf break

Horse Trails surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 03 Nov 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Horse Trails surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Horse Trails sea temperature is
12.8° C
(Which is 4.0°C colder than average for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Horse Trails today?

The current surf forecast for Horse Trails at 11PM is: 1.6m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 1.3m 5s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Nov)--
Afternoon (03 Nov)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (03 Nov)5ft (1.6m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
2
4
4
3
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
1
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)101110111111111112121211111111111113131212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)549505517639100910451064115211301111137412341151640579515422700689563472371359310
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
25
S
20
S
20
S
15
S
15
SSE
20
S
25
S
30
S
25
S
20
SSE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
S
25
S
35
S
30
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SE
20
SE
15
SE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:55AM
1.51
2:04PM
1.70
2:36AM
1.57
2:46PM
1.73
3:18AM
1.59
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:46PM
0.00
7:55AM
0.11
8:27PM
-0.08
8:37AM
0.05
9:08PM
-0.11
9:20AM
0.04
Monday
03
Tuesday
04
Wednesday
05
Thursday
06
Sunrise-----5:43-------5:41-------5:41--
Sunset7:15-------7:15-------7:16-------
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181515151515181919171616151621211918181717182427
Feels °C (?)131112121312141514131415141419171313151414142121
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