Noordhoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 29 Mar 2026 SAST
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Noordhoek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Noordhoek sea temperature is
17.1° C
(Which is 2.0°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Noordhoek today?

The current surf forecast for Noordhoek at 6AM is: 2.1m 10s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 1.0m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s
Afternoon (29 Mar)5ft (1.6m)10s
Evening (29 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)12s

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


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Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
2
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
1
2
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.4
SW
2.1
SW
2.1
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.6
SW
1.8
SW
1.4
SW
1.3
WSW
1.1
SW
1
WSW
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
WSW
0.9
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
Period(s) (?)1110111010101313121212101010101111119910101010
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)12279909367455894891021647480325294266223154148119140187123118157163309303
Wind
(km/h)
10
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
20
SSW
20
S
20
SE
20
SE
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
5
E
0
SSE
10
SW
15
S
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffglassglasscrosscross-
off
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:05AM
1.33
1:26PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.45
2:05PM
1.39
2:18AM
1.54
2:38PM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:25AM
0.30
7:35PM
0.25
8:04AM
0.18
8:10PM
0.18
8:37AM
0.10
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:56-------6:56-------6:56----
Sunset------6:45-------6:45-------6:43-
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
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. °C181818181919191918181817181919181818181819192019
Feels °C (?)171717171817161615151516161615141416171820181918
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