Noordhoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Tuesday 10 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
18.4° C
(Which is 1.2°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Noordhoek today?

The current surf forecast for Noordhoek at 10PM is: 0.7m 15s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.8m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction, 1.4m 7s secondary swell from a Southeast direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm March 10). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (10 Mar)--
Afternoon (10 Mar)3.5ft (1.1m)11s
Evening (10 Mar)4.5ft (1.4m)7s

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


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Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
2
1
2
2
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
3
2
3
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1
SW
1.4
SE
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
SW
1
SSW
1
SW
0.9
SSW
1.2
SW
0.9
SSW
1
SW
1.2
SW
0.9
WSW
0.7
WSW
1.1
WSW
1.3
WSW
Period(s) (?)11715151414131313131612121313131212121213191817
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)2461812092092031792152502462902803804233423152614162432824033043157511069
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
20
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
E
5
NNW
5
WSW
5
SSW
5
SE
10
ESE
10
ESE
10
S
15
SSW
10
S
15
SSW
20
S
20
SSE
15
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
15
SE
20
SSE
25
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glasscross-
on
cross-
off
offcross-
off
offcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:12PM
1.00
7:30AM
1.02
8:40PM
0.90
9:31AM
0.93
11:35PM
0.93
11:50AM
0.99
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:02AM
0.62
2:01PM
0.64
2:28AM
0.73
4:56PM
0.66
5:55AM
0.70
Tuesday
10
Wednesday
11
Thursday
12
Friday
13
Sunrise-----6:41-------6:41-------6:43--
Sunset7:12-------7:09-------7:08-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C282931303131313127313231292626262523232221222323
Feels °C (?)262729282829303027313130282526252423222120222221
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