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The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 am Wednesday 04 Feb 2026 SAST
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The Hoek surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's The Hoek sea temperature is
18.8° C
 (Which is 1.4°C colder than average for this time of year)

How big are the waves at The Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 2PM is: 0.9m 12s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.6m 11s secondary swell from a South direction (forecast issued at 07:00am February 04). An open ocean swell of 1.1m 6s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 2.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Afternoon (04 Feb)3ft (0.9m)12s
Evening (04 Feb)2.5ft (0.8m)12s

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

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Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM5 AM8 AM11 AM2 PM5 PM8 PM11 PM2 AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
2
Swell
Height Map
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
1
SW
1.1
SW
0.7
SW
0.9
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
Period(s) (?)121212121112111111101111111111101212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)260248240228177190180174191184166194194194220244152205298273268268263263
Wind
(km/h)
25
SE
15
SE
20
SE
15
SE
20
SSE
20
SE
20
SE
10
SE
10
SE
10
S
0
NE
25
S
30
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
25
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
30
SSE
20
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off		glasscross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoffoffoffoffcross-
off		cross-
off		cross-
off		offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
5:04PM
1.47
5:23AM
1.59
5:37PM
1.38
5:55AM
1.50
6:09PM
1.28
Low Tide
/ height (m)
11:05AM
0.09
11:09PM
0.09
11:39AM
0.16
11:39PM
0.18
12:11PM
0.24
12:09AM
0.28
Wednesday
04
Thursday
05
Friday
06
Sat
07
Sunrise-6:09-------6:11-------6:11------
Sunset----7:50-------7:49-------7:47---
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
--------111-------------
Temp. °C212223242423232222212223222120201920212221202020
Feels °C (?)202323252424242424232522201918191718192018171719
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