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Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Friday 21 Nov 2025 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
13.2° C
 (Which is 4.6°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 6AM is: 2.5m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.1m 12s secondary swell from a Northwest direction, 1.5m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am November 21). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (21 Nov)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Afternoon (21 Nov)7ft (2.1m)13s
Evening (21 Nov)6ft (1.8m)13s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
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)
0
0
0
0
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 (?)
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
1.4
SW
1.9
S
1.9
S
1.6
SW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
1.2
WSW
2.1
SSW
Period(s) (?)1515141414131313131212121212771210101112111611
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)294225622606228919481561131911201006944712646531488634766494696696617114610146911124
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SSE
35
SSE
45
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
S
35
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononononononononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		on
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:31AM
1.38
3:36PM
1.41
4:03AM
1.36
4:08PM
1.37
4:36AM
1.32
4:41PM
1.31
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:22PM
0.16
9:33AM
0.28
9:52PM
0.18
10:04AM
0.31
10:23PM
0.22
10:37AM
0.36
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunday
23
Sunrise---5:31-------5:31-------5:30----
Sunset------7:32-------7:34-------7:35-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181817182020191818171718232220191919192020201918
Feels °C (?)121312121514121213121416211714121415151414151413
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