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Hout Bay Surf Forecast
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Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa
48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Wednesday 10 Sep 2025 SAST
How big are the waves at Hout Bay today?
The current surf forecast for Hout Bay at 6PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 7s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm September 10). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 2.
| Time (SAST) & Date | Wave Height | Wave Period |
|---|---|---|
| Morning (10 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.3m) | 12s |
| Afternoon (10 Sep) | 4.5ft (1.4m) | 12s |
| Evening (10 Sep) | 5ft (1.5m) | 13s |
Table - waves today at Hout Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)
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| 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | 11 AM | 2 PM | 5 PM | 8 PM | 11 PM | 2 AM | 5 AM | 8 AM | |
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| Wave Height (m) & direction (?) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Period(s) (?) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
Wave (?)Graph  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Energy (?) | 537 | 645 | 635 | 786 | 803 | 913 | 827 | 899 | 1103 | 1107 | 1131 | 1728 | 1388 | 1356 | 1390 | 1726 | 2467 | 2508 | 2423 | 2354 | 2265 | 2278 | 2040 | 1856 |
Wind (km/h) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy | off | off | glass | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | cross- off | off | cross- on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on | on |
High Tide / height (m) | 4:51PM 1.70 | 5:15AM 1.48 | 5:30PM 1.60 | 5:57AM 1.37 | 6:14PM 1.45 | 6:46AM 1.23 | ||||||||||||||||||
Low Tide / height (m) | 10:37AM 0.02 | 11:09PM 0.01 | 11:15AM 0.11 | 11:50PM 0.12 | 11:57AM 0.24 | 12:36AM 0.26 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wednesday 10 | Thursday 11 | Friday 12 | Saturday 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:50 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:48 |
| Sunset | - | - | 6:34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:34 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6:35 | - | - | - | - | - |
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Rain (mm) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Temp. °C | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Feels °C (?) | 15 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town
Continuing clean conditions at Hout Bay (calm at Shoebury Heights wx 7 km from Hout Bay). A 1.4m groundswell from the SW is too big for here
1 h 26 min ago
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