Noordhoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Saturday 28 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 2PM is: 3.0m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.2m 15s secondary swell from a West-northwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am March 28). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore and the swell rating is 11.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Afternoon (28 Mar)10ft (3.0m)11s
Evening (28 Mar)8ft (2.4m)11s

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


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Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
!
!
!
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
2
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
0
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
WSW
2.5
SW
3
SW
3
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
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
1.3
S
1.2
S
1.1
S
0.9
SSW
0.9
S
1.4
SSE
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
Period(s) (?)101111111111111011101010131312129101010991111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)9041682264323342090155211689909367455894501021576480325274266223154142321119163
Wind
(km/h)
15
WNW
15
NW
15
NW
15
WNW
15
WSW
15
SSW
15
S
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
SSE
10
S
15
SSW
15
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
25
SE
20
SE
15
ESE
15
SSE
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
30
SE
20
SE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
onononcross-
on
crosscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:38PM
1.19
1:05AM
1.33
1:26PM
1.30
1:45AM
1.45
2:05PM
1.39
Low Tide
/ height (m)
6:35AM
0.43
6:52PM
0.36
7:25AM
0.30
7:35PM
0.25
8:04AM
0.18
8:10PM
0.18
Saturday
28
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tue
31
Sunrise-6:54-------6:56-------6:56------
Sunset----6:46-------6:45-------6:45---
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181818191918181818181819191918181717181919181817
Feels °C (?)161616171716171817171717161615151415171716141415
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