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Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 19 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
16.9° C
 (Which is 2.5°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 4PM is: 2.0m 14s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 19). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (19 Mar)7ft (2.1m)14s
Afternoon (19 Mar)7ft (2.1m)14s
Evening (19 Mar)6ft (1.9m)14s

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

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16 DaysHourly
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Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
3
4
3
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2.2
SSW
2.1
SSW
2
SSW
2
SSW
1.9
SSW
2.4
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SSW
2.4
SSW
1.9
SW
2.1
SW
2.2
SW
2.2
SSW
2
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.8
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.6
SW
Period(s) (?)151414141414131313131112121212121212121212121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1883190019291748160115791264194223132017146210471182121413131080936952850850782864769683
Wind
(km/h)
15
N
20
N
20
N
30
NNW
30
NNW
25
NNW
15
WSW
10
WSW
10
WSW
10
SSW
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
S
15
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscrosscrosscrosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		onononcross-
on		cross-
on		ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
3:41PM
1.58
3:54AM
1.73
4:15PM
1.58
4:28AM
1.71
4:52PM
1.53
Low Tide
/ height (m)
9:37AM
-0.03
9:43PM
0.01
10:10AM
-0.05
10:16PM
0.02
10:45AM
-0.03
10:52PM
0.08
Thursday
19
Friday
20
Saturday
21
Sun
22
Sunrise-6:48-------6:48-------6:50------
Sunset----6:59-------6:58-------6:57---
rain showers
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
clear
cloud
clear
rain showers
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
1--------11-------------
Temp. °C181819201919191919181919191818181717181919181716
Feels °C (?)181717161516181818171616151515151415141413121212
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