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Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Friday 02 Jan 2026 SAST
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Hout Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Hout Bay sea temperature is
16.1° C
 (Which is 3.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Hout Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hout Bay at 2PM is: 0.7m 19s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 12s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am January 02). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jan)3.5ft (1.1m)12s
Afternoon (02 Jan)2.5ft (0.8m)18s
Evening (02 Jan)4ft (1.2m)17s

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

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Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Mon
05
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
1
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.9
WSW
1.8
WSW
1.7
WSW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
WSW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
Period(s) (?)121212191818161616151414141413131313121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)330325319360553637886117011261117152513701127929745649563504403330330378414407
Wind
(km/h)
10
SW
5
SW
10
W
15
WSW
25
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		oncross-
on		oncross-
on		cross-
on		onononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:29PM
1.54
3:04AM
1.50
3:17PM
1.56
3:49AM
1.56
4:03PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:21AM
0.21
8:52PM
0.04
9:12AM
0.14
9:37PM
0.01
9:59AM
0.11
10:19PM
0.02
Friday
02
Saturday
03
Sunday
04
Mon
05
Sunrise-5:39-------5:39-------5:39------
Sunset-----8:00-------8:00-------8:00--
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C212122232221202019202121202019191920212221202019
Feels °C (?)222222232120181816171716141514131416171715151716
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