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Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Thursday 15 Jan 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
17.7° C
 (Which is 2.2°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 11PM is: 1.4m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction, 2.1m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm January 15). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Jan)--
Afternoon (15 Jan)6ft (1.9m)12s
Evening (15 Jan)5ft (1.5m)11s

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

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12 DaysHourly
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Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
3
2
0
1
1
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.4
SW
1.2
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.1
SSW
1
SSW
1.5
S
1
SSW
0.9
WSW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.4
SW
1.6
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)1111111110101010910101010109101010101112121212
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)7855724083002602502084231681681941842352353504798511186191125213580348232372920
Wind
(km/h)
45
SE
40
SE
40
SE
30
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
25
SSE
20
SSE
15
SSE
10
SSE
5
WSW
15
WNW
20
W
25
W
25
SW
25
SW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
25
S
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
ononononononcross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		crosscross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on		cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:07AM
1.20
2:09PM
1.29
2:42AM
1.29
2:45PM
1.36
3:15AM
1.37
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:58PM
0.35
8:11AM
0.43
8:33PM
0.27
8:46AM
0.36
9:05PM
0.20
9:20AM
0.29
Thursday
15
Friday
16
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
Sunrise-----5:50-------5:52-------5:52--
Sunset-8:00-------8:00-------8:00------
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C181817171718181818181817171819202120201818181818
Feels °C (?)9109121314141313131414151817171717161314131313
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