Noordhoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Tuesday 07 Apr 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
19.8° C
(Which is 1.2°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Noordhoek today?

The current surf forecast for Noordhoek at 10AM is: 2.5m 13s primary swell from a South direction and 1.7m 12s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am April 07). An open ocean swell of 1.2m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (07 Apr)8ft (2.4m)13s
Afternoon (07 Apr)7.5ft (2.3m)14s
Evening (07 Apr)6ft (1.8m)13s

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


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Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
5
5
4
4
3
3
4
4
4
4
4
3
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.3
SW
2.3
S
2.5
S
2.4
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
1.5
S
1.6
S
1.5
S
1.4
S
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.5
SW
1.6
SW
1.1
SW
1.3
SW
1.6
SW
1.7
SW
2.2
SW
Period(s) (?)121313141313131313131313121211111212121716161515
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1643176621492123144012288511021724852726649650638617563638593650633823116412622027
Wind
(km/h)
30
SE
20
ESE
20
SE
20
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
15
ESE
10
ESE
0
WNW
10
SW
15
S
20
SSE
10
SE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
5
ENE
15
N
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
glasscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:39AM
1.25
6:05PM
1.15
6:13AM
1.14
6:49PM
1.05
7:01AM
1.03
8:09PM
0.97
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:53AM
0.39
12:02AM
0.50
12:29PM
0.49
12:44AM
0.61
1:26PM
0.59
Tuesday
07
Wednesday
08
Thursday
09
Fri
10
Sunrise-7:01-------7:03-------7:03------
Sunset----6:34-------6:32-------6:30---
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C161617201919201920212323222020201920212323242425
Feels °C (?)121314161514161618192321201920201820202121222322
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