Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Wednesday 19 Nov 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
13.2° C
(Which is 4.6°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 12AM is: 1.6m 16s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.3m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.8m 6s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm November 19). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (20 Nov)--
Afternoon (20 Nov)4ft (1.2m)13s
Evening (20 Nov)4.5ft (1.4m)17s

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

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
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 (?)
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.3
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
2.3
SW
2.4
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
3
SSW
2.3
SW
2.1
SW
2
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.5
SW
2.4
SSE
Period(s) (?)12171615151616151515151514141413131313121212127
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)555102614151314226825862732214824243268294225622458300819481561131912101086944712646635531
Wind
(km/h)
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
35
SSE
35
SE
35
SSE
40
SSE
45
SSE
45
SSE
35
SE
35
SE
25
SE
20
SE
25
SSE
35
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononononononcross-
on
onononononononononononononononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
2:33PM
1.44
3:01AM
1.38
3:05PM
1.44
3:31AM
1.38
3:36PM
1.41
4:03AM
1.36
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:53PM
0.15
9:02AM
0.27
9:22PM
0.16
9:33AM
0.28
9:52PM
0.18
10:04AM
0.31
Wednesday
19
Thursday
20
Friday
21
Saturday
22
Sunrise-----5:31-------5:31-------5:31--
Sunset7:30-------7:31-------7:32-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C191717161617191919181817171820201918181717182221
Feels °C (?)131112111011131313131212121214141211121213151816
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