Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 07 Feb 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
18.6° C
(Which is 1.6°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: 1.3m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 07). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Feb)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (07 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)11s
Evening (07 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)10s

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

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Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1.2
SW
1.6
SSW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
2.5
S
2.2
SSE
1.9
SSE
1.8
SSE
1.7
SSE
1.2
SW
1.7
SSE
1.6
SSE
1.6
SSE
0.9
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111110101010101010101088777966611
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)332423453406399344302256284284510388499602920542400353295253220184172209
Wind
(km/h)
15
S
15
SSW
15
SW
20
SW
20
SSW
15
S
15
SE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
40
SSE
40
SSE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SE
40
SE
35
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
ononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
6:26AM
1.39
6:43PM
1.18
6:59AM
1.27
7:20PM
1.07
7:39AM
1.14
8:14PM
0.96
Low Tide
/ height (m)
12:44PM
0.35
12:39AM
0.40
1:19PM
0.46
1:12AM
0.52
2:05PM
0.56
1:59AM
0.64
Saturday
07
Sunday
08
Monday
09
Tue
10
Sunrise-6:13-------6:13-------6:15------
Sunset----7:46-------7:45-------7:45---
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cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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