Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 09 Apr 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
17.4° C
(Which is 1.0°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 1PM is: 1.4m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 17s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 09). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)12s
Afternoon (09 Apr)3.5ft (1.0m)17s
Evening (09 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)16s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
3
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
0
0
3
3
3
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.5
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)121212171616151514141414131313131313131313121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)573533542567661976107619141862173615591451120011621179117911791086106910371006882841761
Wind
(km/h)
5
SSE
5
ESE
0
E
10
SSW
5
SSE
5
ESE
5
N
15
N
10
N
10
N
10
WNW
10
WSW
15
S
20
SSE
5
E
10
NW
5
E
10
NE
5
NW
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
onglasscross-
on
ononcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffglasscrossglasscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:01AM
1.03
8:09PM
0.97
8:39AM
0.95
10:20PM
0.98
10:48AM
0.98
11:41PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:26PM
0.59
2:10AM
0.70
3:24PM
0.63
4:50AM
0.68
5:15PM
0.57
Thursday
09
Friday
10
Saturday
11
Sun
12
Sunrise-7:03-------7:05-------7:05------
Sunset----6:30-------6:30-------6:29---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
rain showers
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
-----------------1------
Temp. °C232325262725252322222323212020211919202020191919
Feels °C (?)232226252725252221212224201921212020222019181919
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