Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Wednesday 02 Jul 2025 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
15.3° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)


How big are the waves at Hout Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hout Bay at 5AM is: 2.5m 12s primary swell from a West-southwest direction and 1.2m 15s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am July 02). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (02 Jul)10ft (3.0m)14s
Afternoon (02 Jul)8ft (2.5m)13s
Evening (02 Jul)8ft (2.5m)12s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
3
WSW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.1
WSW
1.5
WSW
2.2
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.3
WSW
2.4
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
WSW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
1.7
SW
3
WNW
3
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
3.5
WSW
4
WSW
4
WSW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
WSW
3
SSW
4
SW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
4
SW
3.5
SW
3
SSW
2.5
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
3
SSW
2.5
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2.3
S
2.1
S
2
S
1.8
S
1.7
S
1.5
S
1.5
SW
2
SW
2.5
SW
3
SW
Period(s) (?)11111214131312121212151514141414131313131313810111212131313131313131413131313121212121313141414151515141414141414141414
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy (?)180319532330346629192728249422672414242824713096420224702559259126062429218018341396114717602411381337335115439951585088495665045673594458296005543150574768489836713663368939573854372237473613337628882813232620511717146612781482194027743958
Wind
(km/h)
20
NNW
15
NNW
5
NW
10
NNE
10
NNE
0
SW
10
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SSE
10
SE
20
SSE
25
S
30
SSW
20
SW
15
WSW
20
W
20
NW
35
NW
40
NNW
45
NNW
50
NNW
45
NNW
40
NNW
10
NW
0
WNW
10
W
10
W
20
W
15
WSW
20
WSW
25
W
30
WSW
30
WSW
30
SW
30
SW
30
SW
25
SW
20
SSW
20
SSW
10
SW
10
SW
5
SW
0
W
10
NNW
10
NW
5
WNW
0
NNW
5
NNE
5
N
10
NNE
5
NNE
5
NNW
5
NW
5
NW
10
W
10
W
10
WNW
10
WNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
glassonononcross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrosscrossglassoffoffcross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
glassglassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
8:11AM
1.06
8:38PM
1.21
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
Low Tide
/ height (m)
2:16AM
0.47
2:08PM
0.49
3:14AM
0.51
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
Wednesday
02
Thursday
03
Friday
04
Saturday
05
Sunday
06
Monday
07
Tuesday
08
Wednesday
09
Sunrise---7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:52-------7:50
Sunset------5:47-------5:47-------5:49-------5:49-------5:50-------5:50-------5:51-----
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Rain (mm)
112111--122244111--1---6121362312122221111--------------------
Temp. °C151414141416151515151414131414141515141415151413131312131314131413141313141313121212121212131313121211101013131313131212
Feels °C (?)1212141313161413131210129981012119676546121212111091087666676789910109111111108810101110111010
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