Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 12 Apr 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
18.0° 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 7AM is: 1.6m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am April 12). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (12 Apr)5ft (1.6m)12s
Afternoon (12 Apr)5ft (1.5m)11s
Evening (12 Apr)4.5ft (1.3m)11s

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


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Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
3
3
4
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.2
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.4
SW
1.5
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
1.8
SW
1.7
SW
1.7
SW
2.1
WSW
2.2
WSW
Period(s) (?)121212121212111111111111101014141313131313131614
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)84182780073665057343742233825825421621624062371576797694698793695122001933
Wind
(km/h)
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
S
15
SSE
15
S
20
S
20
S
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
15
SSE
10
SE
5
SSE
10
SSW
15
S
15
S
10
S
10
S
5
SW
10
WNW
15
NW
15
NNW
20
NNW
15
NNW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
onononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
glasscross-
off
offoffcross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
11:41PM
1.09
Low Tide
/ height (m)
Sunday
12
Monday
13
Tuesday
14
Sunrise---7:05-------7:07-------7:07----
Sunset------6:27-------6:25-------6:24-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191818181920191818181717192121191918181819191919
Feels °C (?)181717181818171617171617192120181918191818171718
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