Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 10 Mar 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
17.7° C
(Which is 1.8°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 11PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 0.9m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)--
Afternoon (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (10 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SSW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
WSW
1
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)111115151414131313161312121212131212121212191817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2422052092092061811762122462423863803242722562734162051953142933195821069
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
ESE
15
ESE
10
ENE
5
N
10
W
5
S
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
SE
5
S
10
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SSE
15
SSE
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
on
ononglasscross-
on
crosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononononononcross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.00
7:31AM
1.02
8:41PM
0.90
9:32AM
0.93
11:35PM
0.93
11:50AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
0.62
2:02PM
0.64
2:29AM
0.73
4:57PM
0.66
5:56AM
0.70
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:41-------6:43--
Sunset7:12-------7:09-------7:08-------
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. °C313032313231333328313231292727282723242322222425
Feels °C (?)292931293030323128313130282626272522232322222323
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