The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 1 am Sunday 15 Mar 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
19.0° C
(Which is slightly cooler than normal)

How big are the waves at The Hoek today?

The current surf forecast for The Hoek at 8AM is: 1.5m 7s primary swell from a South-southeast direction and 1.2m 7s secondary swell from a South direction, 0.9m 11s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 01:00am March 15). The wind direction is predicted to be offshore and the swell rating is 3.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (15 Mar)3.5ft (1.0m)11s
Afternoon (15 Mar)3ft (0.9m)11s
Evening (15 Mar)2.5ft (0.8m)13s

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


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Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM
Rating
(10 max)
2
3
3
3
2
1
2
2
3
3
3
1
3
1
1
1
2
3
2
3
3
2
3
2
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.2
WSW
1.1
SW
1.8
SSE
1.5
SSE
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SSW
1.1
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.5
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.3
SSW
1.4
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.7
SSW
1.4
SW
Period(s) (?)1212771111101313131212121212121212121111111111
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)384325299217198191177204421504534616616636527421414421414393466693680485
Wind
(km/h)
20
SE
15
SE
15
ESE
10
SSE
10
SE
15
S
20
SSE
20
SSE
15
SE
15
SE
15
SSE
25
S
20
SSE
30
SSE
35
SSE
40
SSE
35
SSE
25
SE
25
SE
15
ESE
5
SSE
20
S
20
SSE
25
SSE
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offcross-
off
offoffoffoffoffoffoffcross-
off
offoff
High Tide
/ height (m)
1:20AM
1.21
1:27PM
1.24
1:51AM
1.36
2:01PM
1.36
2:20AM
1.50
2:34PM
1.46
Low Tide
/ height (m)
7:32AM
0.43
7:41PM
0.30
8:03AM
0.29
8:10PM
0.19
8:33AM
0.16
Sunday
15
Monday
16
Tuesday
17
Sunrise---6:45-------6:46-------6:46----
Sunset------7:05-------7:04-------7:01-
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
Rain (mm)
------------------------
Temp. °C222120212527252123232220212221202019192023242320
Feels °C (?)212019212526242023232218201917151717171924232218
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