Noordhoek surfForecast / Eastern Cape (S) / 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
19.8° C
(Which is 2.5°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Noordhoek today?

The current surf forecast for Noordhoek at 7AM is: 2.5m 11s primary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 29). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 8s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be cross-offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (29 Mar)8ft (2.5m)11s
Afternoon (29 Mar)7ft (2.2m)11s
Evening (29 Mar)6ft (1.8m)10s

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)
3
3
4
4
3
1
1
3
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
3.5
SW
3.5
SW
3
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.3
SW
1.9
SW
1.8
SW
1.8
SW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.3
WSW
1.1
S
1.2
SSW
1.1
SW
1.2
S
0.9
SW
1
SSW
0.9
SSW
1.6
E
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.5
SW
0.5
SW
Period(s) (?)12121111111111111013139101012101299610101111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)303927972061173214641279813749664578711272250300361278220166135169120965656
Wind
(km/h)
20
W
20
WSW
15
W
15
W
15
SW
20
SSW
15
SSW
10
WSW
10
W
10
W
10
W
5
NW
5
ESE
15
ESE
15
SE
20
E
20
ENE
20
ENE
20
E
25
E
20
E
35
E
40
E
40
ENE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
glassglasscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:33AM
1.63
1:56PM
1.60
2:14AM
1.78
2:33PM
1.72
2:48AM
1.90
3:05PM
1.80
Low Tide
/ height (m)
8:00AM
0.60
8:07PM
0.55
8:35AM
0.47
8:39PM
0.44
9:05AM
0.37
Sunday
29
Monday
30
Tuesday
31
Sunrise---6:26-------6:26-------6:28----
Sunset------6:16-------6:15-------6:14-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C181817171919191919181818192021212121212223232322
Feels °C (?)161615161817171918171819201920202021212123201918
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