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Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 pm Tuesday 13 May 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
15.5° 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 3PM is: 3.0m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 14s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00pm May 13). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (13 May)10ft (3.0m)12s
Afternoon (13 May)10ft (3.0m)14s
Evening (13 May)10ft (3.0m)14s

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

Hourly12 Days
Cape Town Surf
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Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 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)
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.6
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.5
WSW
1.4
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.2
SSW
1.2
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
S
0.8
S
0.9
S
0.8
S
1
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.2
W
1.1
W
1.1
W
0.6
SW
0.9
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)121414141414141414141313131313131212141312121212121212121212121211111111111110101111101099888888181616151581012
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)27273348362937353277323029743060288523802241181119521778136983867766675277256754954059771863563564763661562554948340339631731123816014918214117412515719020518615317714914924944872873393695316933680
Wind
(km/h)
5
SE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
SE
10
SE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SE
20
SE
25
SE
20
SE
15
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
ESE
10
E
5
ENE
10
NNE
10
NNE
10
NNW
10
NW
10
SW
10
SSE
10
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
15
SE
15
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
5
SE
5
E
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
ENE
0
NE
5
WNW
5
W
5
W
10
N
10
N
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
NNW
20
N
25
N
35
N
40
NW
35
WSW
30
W
30
WSW
35
SW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
oncross-
on		ononononononononononononononononononcross-
on		crosscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcrosscross-
on		ononononononononcross-
on		glasscross-
on		cross-
on		glassglassglasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:44PM
1.37
3:49AM
1.41
4:16PM
1.35
4:21AM
1.37
4:50PM
1.30
4:55AM
1.31
5:27PM
1.25
5:33AM
1.25
6:12PM
1.21
6:19AM
1.17
7:08PM
1.17
7:21AM
1.11
8:17PM
1.17
8:42AM
1.08
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:35AM
0.16
9:44PM
0.28
10:05AM
0.19
10:16PM
0.32
10:36AM
0.23
10:49PM
0.37
11:11AM
0.28
11:26PM
0.43
11:50AM
0.34
12:13AM
0.49
12:38PM
0.40
1:15AM
0.53
1:39PM
0.45
2:36AM
0.54
2:54PM
0.47
Tuesday
13
Wednesday
14
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Monday
19
Tuesday
20
Sunrise-------7:30-------7:31-------7:31-------7:33-------7:33-------7:33-------7:35----
Sunset--5:54-------5:53-------5:52-------5:52-------5:52-------5:51-------5:51-------5:50-
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Rain (mm)
------------------------------------------------------139643
Temp. °C171919191917161617181716181818192023242526252524242321191817161617202121201919192122211918181717181817171616161614121314
Feels °C (?)1718171616151414151514121516161717202122242322202121201818161515161921211919181821212018161716171717161614121097666
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