Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Sunday 23 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
13.3° C
(Which is 4.7°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 8PM is: 1.3m 16s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.6m 6s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm November 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (23 Nov)3.5ft (1.0m)16s
Evening (23 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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

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Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1
SW
2.1
SSW
1.3
WSW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
2.3
SW
1.8
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.3
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
Period(s) (?)121611161615151514141314141313131212161514141313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)573508108386414491511141513581303220111971500123691990580978674880813091525199815651286
Wind
(km/h)
40
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
20
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
35
S
40
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
10
SE
10
SSE
10
S
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononcross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:41PM
1.31
5:12AM
1.28
5:16PM
1.25
5:53AM
1.23
5:57PM
1.18
6:41AM
1.19
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:37AM
0.36
10:55PM
0.27
11:12AM
0.41
11:31PM
0.33
11:54AM
0.47
12:12AM
0.38
Sunday
23
Monday
24
Tuesday
25
Wednesday
26
Sunrise-------5:30-------5:28-------5:28
Sunset--7:35-------7:36-------7:37-----
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C202020181817171719191817171716192428262119181819
Feels °C (?)131314131414141415141211121413172225231816151516
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