Hout Bay surf break

Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 04 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
17.6° C
(Which is 1.0°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 3PM is: 1.2m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.3m 10s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 04). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Apr)4.5ft (1.4m)11s
Afternoon (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)11s
Evening (04 Apr)4ft (1.2m)10s

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


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Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
2
2
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
3
4
3
0
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.3
WSW
2.1
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4.5
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SW
4
SSW
4
SSW
3.5
SSW
3.5
SSW
Period(s) (?)111111111010101111131416161616151414141414131313
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)439431423382294239333103418673057557093441024196528823735762876249667665685877502942063785
Wind
(km/h)
5
SW
5
W
10
NW
15
WNW
10
WSW
5
SW
10
SW
25
S
20
S
15
S
15
S
20
SSW
20
SSW
25
SSW
20
SSW
20
SSW
15
SSW
15
S
20
S
25
S
30
SSE
30
SSE
35
SE
30
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
glasscross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononon
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:14AM
1.54
4:35PM
1.42
4:42AM
1.46
5:03PM
1.34
5:10AM
1.36
5:32PM
1.25
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:29AM
0.11
10:35PM
0.22
10:56AM
0.19
11:02PM
0.30
11:23AM
0.28
11:30PM
0.39
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Tue
07
Sunrise-7:00-------7:01-------7:01------
Sunset----6:37-------6:37-------6:35---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181819192019191818171818181817171818181818171616
Feels °C (?)19181918191919151414151414131313151414131211910
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