Noordhoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Thursday 18 Sep 2025 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
15.8° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Noordhoek today?

The current surf forecast for Noordhoek at 12PM is: 1.6m 11s primary swell from a South direction and 1.2m 11s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Afternoon (18 Sep)5.5ft (1.7m)11s
Evening (18 Sep)6ft (1.9m)11s

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

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Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM
Rating
(10 max)
3
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.2
SSW
1.8
S
1.6
S
1.6
S
1.8
S
2
S
1.9
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.7
S
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1
SSW
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
0.9
SSE
1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1.1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
1
SSE
Period(s) (?)121111111111121212121210101111121212131313131312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1230807610610797986972792800814446377320236198252276334373390321317312292
Wind
(km/h)
5
W
0
NNW
5
SW
15
SSW
20
SSE
25
SSE
30
SE
25
SE
20
ESE
20
ESE
10
ESE
10
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
5
NE
15
NNW
20
NNW
20
NNW
25
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
10
NW
5
N
5
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
glassglasscross-
off
cross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcrossoncross-
on
cross-
on
ononononglassglass
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:32PM
1.36
1:48AM
1.34
2:06PM
1.47
2:22AM
1.41
2:37PM
1.55
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:21AM
0.30
7:48PM
0.27
7:57AM
0.21
8:22PM
0.18
8:28AM
0.15
8:53PM
0.11
Thursday
18
Friday
19
Saturday
20
Sun
21
Sunrise-6:41-------6:41-------6:39------
Sunset----6:38-------6:39-------6:40---
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C141414141414131313131518202020181615151615151514
Feels °C (?)1213131110978991215171718151312111313141514
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Eyeball surf reportRecent Eyeball Surf Reports for Cape Town

  1. weather stationWind Update The wind is still cross-off at Noordhoek (light winds from the SSW at Slangkop 6 km from Noordhoek). 2.1m 11s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.8m 10s swell from the W and a 0.5m 14s groundswell from the S. 3 swells combining so expect closeout sets.

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13 km/h
SSW
Cross-Off
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