Hout Bay Surf Forecast

/ Cape Town (69 surf breaks) /

South Africa (273 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (34.04° S 18.35° E)

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Hout Bay surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Monday 20 Oct 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 15.7° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at Hout Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Hout Bay at 3AM is: 2.5m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.5m 7s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction (forecast issued at 01:00am October 20). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (20 Oct)	7.5ft (2.3m)	14s
Afternoon (20 Oct)	6ft (1.9m)	14s
Evening (20 Oct)	5ft (1.6m)	13s

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

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		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW	SW
Period(s) (?)	16	16	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	17	16	15	14	14	13	13	12
Wave Graph (?)
kJ (?)	4263	3445	2783	2082	1779	1550	1318	1014	802	663	663	653	537	511	570	634	663	1115	1875	1728	1429	1228	1103	929
Wind (km/h)	SE	SE	ESE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	SSE	SE	SE	SE	SE	ESE	SSE	SSW	S	SSE	SSE
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	on
High Tide / height (m)			2:26AM 1.41				2:32PM 1.54				2:54AM 1.44				2:59PM 1.54				3:21AM 1.44				3:27PM 1.52
Low Tide / height (m)	8:24PM 0.13				8:28AM 0.20				8:51PM 0.10				8:55AM 0.19				9:16PM 0.09				9:22AM 0.19

		Monday 20								Tuesday 21								Wednesday 22
Sunrise	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:04	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	7:05	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	14	13	13	15	19	19	19	20	16	14	14	15	19	23	18	19	18	17	17	19	22	21	18	17
Feels °C (?)	9	9	10	13	16	15	14	16	10	9	9	11	16	20	13	15	15	14	15	18	21	18	15	15

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

Wind Update Continuing clean conditions at Hout Bay (calm at Shoebury Heights wx 7 km from Hout Bay). 2.5m 15s groundswell from the SSW with a 2.0m 6s windswell from the SE. 2 swells combining so expect closeout sets.
55 minutes ago Hout Bay

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Actual: 55 min ago

2 km/h

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