Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 03 Jul 2025 SAST
Forecast update in hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
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
15.7° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Hout Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hout Bay at 9AM is: 2.3m 15s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 2.5m 8s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am July 03). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Jul)7.5ft (2.3m)15s
Afternoon (03 Jul)8ft (2.4m)14s
Evening (03 Jul)8ft (2.5m)14s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.6
SW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.6
S
1.4
S
1.7
SW
2.3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
Period(s) (?)15151414141413131313131391212121216151414141414131313131212121212121215151414141514141414141410111313131313131313141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)246233302842260325472486233422122016155615751639174132743399381743558623798771766749833278536744502351725450813944504268403837543682451636184413426640023832350831782743226818941601123510621139171229763453348536543606352837163627406742724882
Wind
(km/h)
30
S
30
S
25
SSW
25
SSW
20
SW
15
W
15
W
20
NW
30
NW
40
NNW
45
NNW
50
NNW
50
NNW
15
WSW
15
SW
10
WSW
10
W
10
WNW
15
NW
20
NW
20
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
35
W
35
WSW
35
SW
30
WSW
25
SW
20
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SSW
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
SW
5
ESE
5
ENE
5
NE
10
NNE
10
N
15
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
10
NNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
30
NNW
30
NNW
35
N
40
N
20
W
25
W
25
W
25
W
30
W
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassglasscross-
off
glassglassglassglasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
9:13AM
1.01
9:36PM
1.16
10:25AM
0.99
10:40PM
1.14
11:36AM
1.02
11:43PM
1.15
12:36PM
1.07
12:39AM
1.19
1:25PM
1.14
1:27AM
1.25
2:07PM
1.22
2:10AM
1.31
2:45PM
1.29
2:49AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
3:05PM
0.56
4:20AM
0.52
4:16PM
0.60
5:27AM
0.50
5:31PM
0.60
6:25AM
0.46
6:35PM
0.55
7:14AM
0.39
7:26PM
0.49
7:56AM
0.33
8:09PM
0.42
8:34AM
0.26
8:48PM
0.36
9:10AM
0.20
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Thursday
10
Sunrise-7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:50-------7:50--
Sunset----5:47-------5:49-------5:49-------5:50-------5:50-------5:51-------5:51-------
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Rain (mm)
5141131-111-11751---1-11223221--1-----------------------5911--
Temp. °C131313141515141414141514141514141414141514141313131413141413131312131313131312111112121314151414131314141514131415151515
Feels °C (?)789910121010866451211121111101010987576677899111111111210999991112111199989861110999
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