The Hoek surf break

The Hoek surfForecast / Cape Town / South Africa

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 7 pm Monday 23 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
16.4° C
(Which is 3.5°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 3AM is: 0.8m 14s primary swell from a Southwest direction and 0.9m 12s secondary swell from a South-southwest direction, 0.3m 4s secondary swell from a West direction (forecast issued at 07:00pm February 23). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (SAST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (24 Feb)4.5ft (1.3m)13s
Afternoon (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)13s
Evening (24 Feb)3.5ft (1.1m)12s

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


Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM
Rating
(10 max)
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
4
3
3
3
4
3
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.8
SW
1.2
SW
1.3
SW
1.3
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
1.1
SW
0.9
SW
0.9
SW
0.8
SW
0.8
SW
0.7
SW
0.7
SW
1.5
SW
2.1
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
2.5
SW
Period(s) (?)121212141413131313131212121212111111111312121312
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)319309309245581577560431418405324236236197161121114505103522011913196823102077
Wind
(km/h)
15
SW
15
SW
5
W
10
NW
15
NNW
15
N
20
NNW
20
NW
15
NW
15
NNW
15
NNW
15
N
15
N
20
N
20
NNW
20
NNW
15
NW
5
WNW
5
SSW
10
SW
15
SW
10
SW
10
SSW
20
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
High Tide
/ height (m)
7:20PM
1.17
7:45AM
1.25
8:36PM
1.05
9:16AM
1.13
10:38PM
1.02
11:17AM
1.12
Low Tide
/ height (m)
1:17AM
0.42
2:17PM
0.45
2:36AM
0.56
4:07PM
0.52
4:53AM
0.59
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
Wednesday
25
Thursday
26
Sunrise-----6:28-------6:30-------6:31--
Sunset7:30-------7:29-------7:28-------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
rain showers
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
part cloud
clear
Rain (mm)
-------------1----------
Temp. °C212120201919202121212019181819202120181818181918
Feels °C (?)212121211919191920212019171717182021191817171714
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