Horse Trails surf break

Horse Trails surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 01 Jul 2025 SAST
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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
14.8° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Horse Trails today?

The current surf forecast for Horse Trails at 7PM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm July 01). An open ocean swell of 0.7m 4s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (01 Jul)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (01 Jul)8ft (2.4m)12s
Evening (01 Jul)8ft (2.5m)11s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.4
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
2.5
WSW
4
W
4
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
2.2
S
2.1
S
2.2
SSW
2.5
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)141212111111111413131212121212151414141413131313131312121212121213131313131414131413131313131313131314141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)179716051805169317181779204831992874246324572144227522822662269325462406269125282472227519961758158612461332236545794501442644624586464647884967758060186328592260635892515147264404417941123777338129943056283227312581230122882594302144634319
Wind
(km/h)
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
N
20
NNE
15
N
15
N
10
N
5
NNE
5
NNE
5
SSW
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
5
SSE
5
E
10
SSE
30
SW
20
SW
15
WSW
10
SW
10
W
10
NW
15
NNW
25
NNW
35
NNW
40
NNW
40
NNW
40
N
40
N
20
NW
10
SW
5
WSW
10
W
15
WSW
15
WSW
15
W
25
W
30
WSW
35
SW
30
SW
25
SW
25
SW
20
SW
5
SW
0
W
5
NNE
10
N
10
NNE
10
N
15
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
WNW
5
WNW
10
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrossglassglasscrossoncross-
on
oncross-
on
oncross-
on
crosscross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crossononcross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:49PM
1.28
8:13AM
1.06
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
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:22PM
0.41
2:16AM
0.46
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
Tuesday
01
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Sunrise-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50-------7:50----
Sunset--5:47-------5:47-------5:49-------5:49-------5:50-------5:50-------5:51-------5:51-
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Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141616141413131314151514141413121213141414141312131413121213141314131313121312121213131312111010111313131211111112141412
Feels °C (?)111213101111121314151413131413107911121111976655510121212109976545681110877889987879111210
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