The Hoek 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Lat Long: 34.08° S 18.35° E

Issued: 7 am 29 Sep 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in hr min

Today's The Hoek sea temperature is

13.9°C

The Hoek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Surf Forecasts:

How big are the waves at The Hoek today (29 Sep):

Morning surf: Morning surf (29 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.2m), 8s period with SE swell.
Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (29 Sep, local time) - 7ft (2.1m), 8s period with SE swell.
Evening surf: Evening surf (29 Sep, local time) - 3.5ft (1.0m), 13s period with SW swell.

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 12PM is: 2.0m 8s primary swell from a Southeast direction and 1.3m 8s secondary swell from a South-southeast direction, 0.7m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 07:00am September 29). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 4.

Time (SAST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (29 Sep)	7ft (2.2m)	8s
Afternoon (29 Sep)	7ft (2.1m)	8s
Evening (29 Sep)	3.5ft (1.0m)	13s

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

	Short Range Forecast Mostly dry. Warm (max 30°C on Wed afternoon, min 14°C on Tue morning). Wind will be generally light.
	Tuesday 29							Wednesday 30								Thursday 1
	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM	2 AM	5 AM	8 AM	11 AM	2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Swell Height Map See all maps
Wave Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SW 13	SE 8	SE 8	SW 13	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12	SW 12
Wave Graph
kJ	215	598	567	482	302	368	530	433	277	440	440	398	386	342	336	282	241	230	216	172	169	167	137
Wind (km/h)	ESE	ESE	ESE	SSE	SE	SE	ESE	ESE	E	E	SSE	SSE	SSE	ESE	NNE	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	NW	NNE	NW
Wind State on-shore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore off-shore glassy	off	cross-off	off	off	off	off	off	off	cross-off	cross-off	glassy	off	off	off	cross	on	cross-on	cross-on	cross-on	on	on	cross-on	on
High Tide					4:38PM1.61m					5:03AM1.44m				5:17PM1.51m				5:45AM1.33m				6:02PM1.37m
Low Tide			10:26AM0.10m				10:55PM0.06m					11:03AM0.18m				11:35PM0.17m				11:46AM0.30m


	6:26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:24	—	—	—	—	—	—
	—	—	—	—	6:46	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6:47	—	—
mm	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Temp °C	14	14	18	23	25	24	22	22	22	24	26	30	30	28	27	19	15	15	19	17	16	16	15
Feels °C	10	10	16	20	21	21	18	19	18	20	24	27	28	24	24	14	11	11	15	13	15	15	14
Swell 1 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	WSW 12	SSE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SW 13	SW 13	SSE 9	SSE 9	SSE 9	SW 14	SW 14	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SW 12	SW 12	NW 5	SW 12	SW 12
kJ	215	251	232	192	290	326	228	154	119	440	440	398	386	342	336	282	241	230	216	172	52	167	137
Swell 2 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SW 14	WSW 12	WSW 11	SW 13	WSW 11	—	SW 13	SW 13	SW 13	SSE 9	SSE 8	SSE 8	—	SSE 10	SSE 6	SSE 6	SSE 11	SE 12	SE 12	SE 11	SW 12	SSE 11	SE 11
kJ	74	153	109	253	48	—	321	326	277	96	47	37	—	10	26	15	46	34	34	20	169	12	5
Swell 3 Height (m) Direction Period (s)	—	SW 14	SW 14	WSW 11	—	—	SW 16	SW 16	SW 16	—	—	—	—	W 16	SSE 10	SE 10	SE 12	—	—	—	SSE 11	NW 15	NW 15
kJ	—	121	184	87	—	—	96	96	159	—	—	—	—	5	10	17	51	—	—	—	12	8	8
Wind waves Height (m) Direction Period (s)	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 8	SE 8	SE 8	—	—	—	SE 8	SSE 8	SSE 7	—	NW 3	NNW 4	NNW 4	NNW 5	NW 5	—	NW 5	NW 5
kJ	202	598	567	482	302	368	530	433	—	—	—	129	35	37	—	2	10	29	61	80	—	31	20
Nearest Offshore or Glassy	The Hoek Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Dunes Cape Town	Clovelly Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Nine Mile Reef Cape Town	Danger Reef Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Dungeons Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town	Hout Bay Cape Town
Rating (10 max)	2	3	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1
Distance (km)	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	29	29	10	5	4	5	5
Best forecast wave conditions in Cape Town	Van Riebeek	Thermopylae	The Hoek	The Hoek	Van Riebeek	Van Riebeek	The Hoek	The Hoek	The Hoek	The Hoek	Hout Bay	The Hoek	Kreefte Reef	Kreefte Reef	Sunset	Muizenberg	Van Riebeek	Monwabisi Strand	Danger Reef	Hout Bay	Hout Bay	Hout Bay	Hout Bay
Rating (10 max)	3	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1
Best forecast wave conditions in South Africa	Haga-Haga Eastern Cape - Wild Coast	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	The Hoek Cape Town	The Hoek Cape Town	Van Riebeek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	The Hoek Cape Town	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Fish Boma Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route	Gerickes Point Garden Route	Vleesbaai Overberg	Goukamma River Mouth Garden Route
Rating (10 max)	4	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3
Header Global	Airport Rights New Zealand	Humenga Point New Zealand	White Rock - The Spit New Zealand	Dunedin - Bobs Beach New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Fullers United States	Dinner Plates New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Papatowai New Zealand	Otago Peninsula - Allans Beach New Zealand	Ouano Lefts New Caledonia	Gerickes Point South Africa	Cavalos de Fao Portugal	Easky Left Ireland	Easky Left Ireland	Easky Left Ireland	Gas Bay Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Cobblestones Australia	Anael France
Rating (10 max)	5	5	6	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	9	9	8	7	6	6	5

Map Icons:
Break
Live Wave Height (m)
Live Wind Speed (km/h)
Surf Rating (10 Max)
Ocean Swells (m)
Wind Speed (km/h)

Latest Updates

Ben Mondy

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website

The surf report / weather widget below is available to embed on third party websites free of charge and provides a summary of our The Hoek surf forecast. Simply grab the html code snippet that we provide and paste it into your own site. You can choose your preferred language and metric/imperial units for the surf forecast feed to suit users of your site. Click here to get the code.

The Hoek 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

How big are the waves at The Hoek today (29 Sep):

Short Range Forecast

Latest Updates

Surf-Forecast Now Has Webcams

Road Testing the new Db Surf Roller Pro

Summer's Short. Life Is Long.

Roadsurfing in the Basque country

Six Sun-Soaked Summer Surf Spots: Backed by 20 years of Swell and Wind Stats (and with our 20% Summer Subscription Sale)

FREE! Surf-Forecast.com widget for your website